1990 Bordeaux Wine Tasting Featuring Latour, Cheval Blanc, Leoville Las Cases, Lynch Bages and more Saturday, April 25th 7:30pm and all the 1990's in the store on SALE!!
The Wines of Bordeaux give tone to the stomach, while leaving the mouth fresh and the head clear. More than one invalid abandoned by the doctors has been seen to drink the good old wine of Bordeaux and return to health.
--Comments by members of the Jury judging Bordeaux wines submitted under the new 1855 classification at the 1855 World's Fair in Paris, as noted in 1855: A History of the Bordeaux Classification
I like the idea of toning the stomach by drinking Bordeaux! And if you want to do the ultimate tune up for your abs we have a line-up of Bordeaux that will make your belly shake. This is one of our "Once in a lifetime" tasting events tonight we are showing ten of the top wines from this legendary 1990 vintage that are now 34 years old and drinking at their peak!
The 1982 was the GOAT for many years but some of the 1982 vintage Bordeaux are now a bit past their prime and the new GOAT is the 1990 vintage for Bordeaux. It was an all-around great vintage in Bordeaux and the wines are drinking at their peak right now for my taste.
If you can’t make this tasting I have put together an offering on this e-mail with all the wines from the 1990 vintage that we have here in the store at Wine Watch. Check out everything that we have in stock from Bordeaux on our web page www.winewatch.com for live real time inventory 24/7.
1990 Vintage Bordeaux Wine Tasting
Saturday, April 25th
7:30pm
1990 Chateau Cheval Blanc St. Emilion
1990 Chateau Figeac, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
1990 Chateau Lascombes Margaux
1990 Chateau Gruaud Larose St. Julien
1990 Chateau Leoville Las Cases St. Julien
1990 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac
1990 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac
1990 Chateau Latour Pauillac
1990 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac
1990 Chateau Lafon Rochet St. Estephe
1990 Chateau Coutet Sauternes Barsac
Menu
Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie
French Onion Soup
Beef Tartar Served on Warm Bone Marrow Canoe with Truffle Aioli and Whole Wheat Toast
Duck Confit Served with Current Bordeaux Mushroom Demi and Sweet Potato Fries
Canales De Bordeaux with Carmel Rum Sauce
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $795 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.
All the 1990 Bordeaux in the store on SALE!!
1990 Chateau Cheval Blanc St. Emilion, France
Price: $2750.00 Sale Price: $2250.00 Quantity in Stock: 7
(98 Points) One of my favorite Cheval Blancs, it remains to be seen if the 1998, 2000, and 2008 will live up to this offering. It is the ripest wine of the aforementioned vintages, with a complex bouquet of tobacco leaf, Christmas fruitcake, sweet black fruits, bordering on fig and plum, but no hint of overripeness, and notions of new saddle leather, mint, and incense. The gorgeously expressive aromatics are followed by a full-bodied wine revealing abundant glycerin as well as elevated alcohol, but it is not hot, and nothing is out of place. Expansive, rich, and revealing the nuances and complexity that come from bottle age, it is at its peak of maturity where it should remain for another 10-15 years. Release price: ($3000.00/case) Wine Advocate #183, Jun 2009
1990 Chateau Cos d'Estournel, Saint-Estephe, France Magnum
Price: $995.00 Sale Price: $825.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(94 Points) Not as concentrated as the 1982, or as most of the vintages made since 2001, the 1990 Cos has reached full maturity. It exhibits sweet berry fruit intermixed with spice box, herbs, and spring flowers. Expansive, round, and sensual, with wonderful purity as well as lushness, this irresistible wine can be enjoyed over the next 6-10 years. Wine Advocate
1990 Chateau Figeac, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France
Price: $495.00 Your Price: $435.60 Quantity in Stock: 8
(94 Points) One of Bordeaux's most schizophrenic properties, as disappointing as Figeac's 1989 has turned out, the 1990 is fabulous. This property has not made a wine as rich as the 1990 since 1982. In contrast to the 1989, the 1990 is a great Figeac, potentially a richer, more complete and complex wine than the 1982. The 1990 exhibits a saturated dark purple color (somewhat atypical for Figeac), and a gorgeous nose of olives, fruitcake, jammy black fruits, minerals, and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, with gobs of glycerin-imbued, sweet, jammy fruit, this wine is nicely buttressed by moderate tannin and adequate acidity. Fleshy and rich, as well as elegant and complex, it is approachable because of the wine's sweet fruit, but it promises even more pleasure with 2-4 more years of bottle age; it will last for 20 years. I predict the 1990 Figeac will have one of the most exotic and compelling aromatic profiles of the 1990s. It is a terrific wine! RP Wine Advocate
1990 Chateau Lascombes Margaux
Price: $295.00 Sale Price: $230.00 Quantity in Stock: 14
"Exhibiting good tannin, the exotic, orange-scented 1990 offers up ripe aromas of tropical fruits, cassis, and new oak. Rich, medium to full-bodied, with excellent concentration, low acidity, and a velvety, even voluptuous mouth-feel." Wine Advocate.
1990 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac
Price: $550.00 Sale Price: $450.00 Quantity in Stock: 36
(94 points) "Concentrated. Medium-ruby color, with ripe plum, cigar tobacco and smoke aromas. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a long finish." Wine Spectator.
1990 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac
Price: $425.00 Your Price: $374.00 Quantity in Stock: 36
(96 Points) Along with the 1982, 2000, and 2005, the 1990 is one of those monumental Grand Puy Lacostes that you can’t have enough of. Still inky/blue/purple-colored to the rim, it boasts a gorgeously sweet, pure nose of creme de cassis, spring flowers, and a hint of wet rocks. The wine is full-bodied, plush, and expansive with impressive levels of glycerin and purity as well as an endearing texture. This 1990 is evolving at a glacial pace, but the sweetness of the tannins and low acidity ensure a delicious treat whenever a bottle is opened. It should evolve for another 20-25 years. Release price: ($300.00/case) Wine Advocate # 183, Jun 2009
1990 Chateau Gruaud Larose St. Julien
Price: $295.00 Your Price: $259.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
(94 Points) An estate known for its long ageing, and here it has softened at 31 years old, but still offering silky tannins and autumnal fruits with cedar smoked oak, marzipan, dried leather and gentle truffled spice. A thoroughly enjoyable Gruaud Larose showcasing old-school St-Julien balance. Clear crushed mint leaf on the finish, utterly moreish. (JA) Decanter,Review Date: 04/2021
1990 CHATEAU LAFON ROCHET ST. ESTEPHE
Price: $295.00 Sale Price: $230.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
(90 points) "A bit rustic but very concentrated. Dark ruby color, with ripe berry and dried currant aromas. Full-bodied and chewy, with lots of fruit and a medium finish. Needs a bit of time.--1990 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2004. 12,000 cases made." Wine Spectator
1990 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac
Price: $750.00 Sale Price: $625.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 Points) This magnificent Lynch Bages has been drinking well since the day it was released and it continues to go from strength to strength. The biggest, richest, fullest-bodied Lynch Bages until the 2000, the fully mature 1990 exhibits an unbelievably explosive nose of black currants, cedarwood, herbs and spice. The majestic, classically Bordeaux aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, voluptuously textured, rich, intense wine with superb purity as well as thrilling levels of fruit, glycerin and sweetness. This beauty should continue to provide immense pleasure over the next 15+ years. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
1990 CHATEAU MONTROSE ST. ESTEPHE MAGNUM 1.5L
Price: $2695.00 Sale Price: $2250.00 Quantity in Stock: 7
(100 Points) I have had the 1990 Montrose on four separate occasions over the last several months, and I have consistently rated it either 99 or 100. Three of the bottles came from my cellar, and one was tasted at the chateau. None of them revealed any brett, which is not the case with bottles that were exposed to heat, or had bad storage issues. The wine remains a blockbuster, an inky/ruby/purple-colored effort revealing stunning concentration, amazingly high glycerin, and abundant amounts of sweet black fruits intermixed with notions of earth and spice. It is a fleshy, full-bodied St.-Estephe with atypically high amounts of fatness and fruit extract, but it is settling down nicely and seems set for another 2-3 decades of longevity. Many have felt the 1989 Montrose is better, and it is getting closer to meriting a three digit score, but it remains more tannic and backward. Release price: ($350.00/case) Wine Advocate #183, Jun 2009
The rest of the 1990 vintage wines in the store on SALE!!
1990 Melini La Selvanella Riserva Chianti Classico
Price: $65.00 Sale Price: $50.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
1990 Castellare di Castellina I Sodi di San Niccolo Toscana IGT
Price: $250.00 Sale Price: $195.00 Quantity in Stock: 13
1990 Badia a Coltibuono Sangioveto Vino da Tavola Tuscany
Price: $195.00 Sale Price: $150.00 Quantity in Stock: 18
1990 Tenuta La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Tuscany
Price: $115.00 Your Price: $103.50 Quantity in Stock: 34
1990 Pieve di Santa Restituta Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille
Price: $350.00 Your Price: $315.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
1990 Vignamaggio Castello di Monna Lisa Chianti Classico Riserva
Price: $75.00 Sale Price: $59.00 Quantity in Stock: 7
1990 BADIA A COLTIBUONO CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA DOCG TUSCANY, ITALY
Price: $120.00 Sale Price: $95.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
1990 Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Veneto, Italy
Price: $450.00 Sale Price: $375.00 Quantity in Stock: 52
1990 Guasti Clemente 'Barcarato', Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza DOC, Italy
Price: $95.00 Your Price: $85.50 Quantity in Stock: 5
1990 Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
Price: $465.00 Sale Price: $395.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
1990 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
Price: $465.00 Sale Price: $395.00 Quantity in Stock: 4
1990 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
Price: $465.00 Sale Price: $395.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
1990 Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa
Price: $250.00 Sale Price: $200.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
1990 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Echezeaux Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France
Price: $5000.00 Sale Price: $4000.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1990 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache Grand Cru Monopole Cote de Nuits Stained Label
Price: $12500.00 Sale Price: $8000.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1990 Domaine Michel Gaunoux Pommard Grand Epenots Premier Cru
Price: $295.00 Your Price: $265.50 Quantity in Stock: 14
1990 E. Guigal Cote Rotie La Landonne
Price: $1700.00 Sale Price: $1399.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
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