Red Bordeaux 1982-1999, March 12, 2009

Our March tasting of older red Bordeaux was pleasantly surprising, as most of the wines showed extremely well and generally lived up to the critics' past scores. Two 1995 Pauillacs topped the results, but a 1982 St.-Emilion was close behind. The winner was the 1995 Grand-Puy-Lacoste, which edged out the 1995 Pichon-Lalande. However, the 1982 Figeac, the oldest wine of the night, was in a virtual tie for second and received the largest number of first-place votes of the night. The fourth place wine was another Pauillac, the 1985 Lynch-Bages.

1. 1995 Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac (WS 93, WA 95) (2 firsts/2 seconds/4 thirds/1 fourth, 23 points)
2. 1995 Pichon-Lalande, Pauillac (WS 94, WA 96) (3/0/2/3, 19 points)
3. 1982 Figeac, St.-Emilion (WS 93, WA 95) (4/0/0/2, 18 points)
4. 1985 Lynch-Bages, Pauillac (WS 97, WA 92) (1/3/1/0, 15 points)
5. 1995 Angélus, St.-Emilion (WS 95, WA 95) (0/3/1/2, 13 points)
6. 1986 Rausan-Ségla, Margaux (WS 87, WA 96) (1/1/0/2, 9 points)
7. 1989 Meyney, St.-Estèphe (WS 93, WA 90) (1/1/0/1, 8 points)
8. 1990 Lagrange, Pomerol (WS 94, WA 86) (0/2/1/0, 8 points)
9. 1999 Canon-La Gaffelière, St.-Emilion (WS 88, WA 92) (0/0/2/0, 4 points)
10. 1995 Calon-Ségur, St.-Estèphe (WS 95, WA 92) (0/0/1/1, 3 points)
11. Tie: 1996 Léoville Poyferré, St.-Julien (WS 90, WA 93) and
1986 Gruaud-Larose, St.-Julien (WS 93-89, WA 94) (0/0/0/0, 0 points)