Another wonderful '85 Bordeaux experience I had a few weeks ago was the Sociando Mallet. Perfectly mature and balanced. Just an excellent claret in a wonderful place. Loved it.
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Maybe there are different bottlings of PL 85 -
all my 3 bottles were a bit herbal, the last about 10y ago …
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The 85s might be the most red fruited and elegantly structured of the best vintages of the 80s — with only the 83s really in the running, but I’ve always found the 83s a bit denser and dark compared to the corresponding 85 — and I think that profile can show herbal as well. And PLL was known for a green streak in the era, which fans call mint and and leafy and detractors call bell pepper.
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Nice notes!! Love 85 in general, and I agree that Rausan stands out - and is a bargain when you can find it.
I opened a 85 Cos for a friend’s 40th this year and it is in my running for WOTY - a clear step up from the ‘90 and ‘00 heavyweights battle we did a month ago.
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The old timers when 1985 came out, compared them to 1953. Delicious young, but fully capable of lasting fifty years. They were right, and it’s hard to think as a vintage in this era of climate change that is close.
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The one you opened some years ago at the late lamented Sutton Inn is what converted me to RS and made me a buyer
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You steered me into some truly good stuff, too! Happy to enable THE Jay Miller in my humble way.
I have a bottle left of the 85 RS and will do my best to reserve for our next appropriate drinking occasion.
Sounds like we need an 85 Bordeaux night! Dale and I have already mentioned one, perhaps in the summer.
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