1990 Château Magdelaine - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (9/29/2009)
My wife and kids came back from an extra week of vacation yesterday, and I had planned to make grass-fed NY Strips with a red wine sauce for dinner (I am really trying to use that awful Tardieu Laurent Crozes Hermitage). What better wine to go with this dinner than my trusted 1990 Magdelaine. Although this was arguably the most backward and austere bottle of the three-pack I had acquired at auction, it was nevertheless fantastic. It’s hard to describe just how elegant and finessed the style of this wine is. Cherry and chocolate, and lots of plum, earth, tobacco and autumnal leafy aromas and flavors. Finish goes on and on. Lovely silky texture that belies the assemblage of this wine. I am really sad this was my last bottle. Time to find more.
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