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Inventory updated: Thu, Dec 11, 2025 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: Bordeaux Red
Vintages: Between 1985 and 1985
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| Ch. Cheval-Blanc |
1985 |
St. Emilion (12x750ML) 
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$8,816.99 |
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WA 95 (8/2018): Medium garnet-brick colored, the 1985 Cheval Blanc sashays out of the glass with provocative notes of sandalwood, cinnamon stick, cardamom, dried lavender and wilted roses over a core of new leather, cigar box, prunes, raisin cake and dusty soil. Medium-bodied, soft and silken textured, it has tons of mature, melt-in-your-mouth flavors and a very long exotic spice-laced finish.
VM 95 (7/2018): The 1985 Cheval Blanc has always been one of the picks of the vintage for what was a fecund decade for the Saint-emilion. This example shows similarly to previous bottles. It has a fragrant bouquet with sandalwood, clove and chestnut, maybe here even a touch of brettanomyces? It is only slight. The palate is beautifully balanced with melted tannin. The Cabernet Franc in full flight – hints of bell pepper and cedar, a surfeit of fruit. Maybe it lacks the precision of more recent vintages but how can you resist its charm. Impossible! It is a wonderful wine, but I wonder...was its heyday around the turn of the millennium? Tasted blind at Chez Brunce lunch. Neal Martin.
MB [*****] (6/2000): One of my absolute favourite wines. For me, perfection. A plethora of notes- well, 20 to be precise, several from my own cellar. I have just two precious bottles left. Too expensive to replace. First tasted in cask in September 1986, probably in the second-year cellar. Deep purple; nose low-keyed, taut; good shape, good fruit, cinnamon/spicy new oak. To be truthful, though impressive it gave me no inkling of the beauty to come. However, by the time of my next taste in March 1991, the first bottle I opened after I had bought a couple of cases, had changed out of all recognition. I didn't decant it, just poured ( a Sunday lunch in the country). Its initial whiff of iron, clover and mint, then, with air, rich, almost pungent. Distinctly sweet on the palate. Full of fruit, and delicious to drink by itself. With almost '82 richness and extract. At ten years of age, with the seven other first growths, not my top mark despite its lovely nose, flavour and texture. Several bottles, all drinking perfectly at subsequent luncheons and dinners at home and, of course, with Bordeaux Club members. Unsurprisingly, showing perfectly at Kaplan's 1985s event. Most recently, sandwiched between the excellent and rare '78 Barca Velha (Ferreira's 'Douro Lafite') and '62 La Tache, at a wine dinner at home. Decanted at 7.45pm, served two hours later: now medium deep, rich, with mature rim; a lovely, fully evolved bouquet; perfect sweetness, body, flavour, tannin and acidity. Perfect now but balanced sufficinetly for, say, another ten years.
WS 92 (3/1999): Beginning to show maturity. Spice and cedar aromas give way to a silky texture and flavors of tobacco and roasted fruits. Drink or hold. |
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| Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou |
1985 |
St. Julien (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$3,880.99 |
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| WA 90 (8/2020): Proprietor Bruno Borie mentioned that this was a late vintage. They started to pick on 30th September, finishing on 11th October. He didn't have exact grape percentages for this year, but he thinks it is probably 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. Pale to medium brick-brown colored, the 1985 Ducru-Beaucaillou slowly unfurls to reveal notes of Christmas pudding, dried cranberries and bouquet garni with nuances of cast iron pan, dusty soil and woodsmoke. Medium-bodied, the palate has a firm, chewy backbone and oodles of freshness with a core of dried herbs and stewed tea and a slightly rustic finish. |
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| Ch. L' Evangile |
1985 |
Pomerol (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$5,129.98 |
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MB [*****] (4/2000): A charmer. Just two notes: a glorious bottle in the elegant setting of Spencer House in London in May 1991. Recently: deep, velvety appearance; good fruit, expanding in the glass; sweet, rich, ripe, silky tannins. Complete. Drink now or keep.
WA 95 (10/1994): Tasted 8 Times Since Bottling With Inconsistent Notes. L'Evangile's 1985 remains relatively unevolved and youthful. The dark ruby color exhibits no signs of age, and the hugely complex, multi-dimensional bouquet of blackcurrants, raspberries, exotic spices and oak requires coaxing from the glass. Rich, medium to full-bodied, super-concentrated, well-balanced, and tannic, this wine continues to evolve more slowly than other 1985s. Anticipated maturity: 1994-2015. |
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