1985 l'Arrosee
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A gorgeous wine young, but beginning to slip a bit as it approaches its 16th birthday, this wine showed wonderfully floral notes of framboise, violets, and cherries in its youth, but is beginning to lose some of the sweetness and fatness it had early on, and show a more structured, drying finish. Still a beautiful wine aromatically, but a bit attenuated in the finish, this wine needs to be drunk up. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted, 12/01.
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Intense cedar, chestnut and caramel aromas don't match up on the palate whe ts better. – Wine Spectator 1988
The 1985 has been fully mature for a number of years, and should be consumed between now and 2004. The deep ruby color reveals some amber/orange at the edge. The wine has always possessed a knock-out set of aromatics, consisting of nearly overripe black cherries and raspberries intermingled with high quality pain grille notes. Supple, with a layered, richly fruity textured imbued with plenty of glycerin and heady alcohol, this sumptuous, luxuriously-styled, fully mature L'Arrosee should be drunk up. Anticipated maturity: now-2004. Last tasted 12/97.Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition # B1
About the producer
Ch. l’Arrosée was a 9.5-hectare vineyard in Saint-Emilion. After the château was sold to Domaine Clarence Dillon (owners of Ch. Haut-Brion and Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion) in 2013, the wine was discontinued and the grapes are now used for Ch. Quintus.