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2000 Palmer

Very dark concentrated cherry red, it seems to have just lost its last shade of violet,leaving intensely colored legs behind on the glass.
It has a stunning powerful nose, tons of plush ripe dark fruit (brambleberry jam, juicy ripe plums and currants). It’s joined by a complex layered smell of soft...

1990 Mouton Rothschild

The color is a medium brick red, slowly fading towards more pomegranate or even light brownish towards the edge.
The nose is very funky at first, stable combined with almond liqueur, not really appealing but luckily drastically improving over time. After 15-30 minutes in the glass there is even sti...

1979 Carbonnieux Blanc

Poured from a bottle with level upper shoulder and slightly corroded capsule.
With the color still being similar to my grandmothers golden wedding ring I still had hope for this wine even though the fill level was far from optimal and the corrosion was covering some parts of the capsule, a tell tal...