1981 Château Prieuré-Lichine
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Light but attractively fruity and pleasant when young, this wine has continued to lose fruit and taken on a lean, rather light-bodied and under-endowed personality. It is also beginning to lose charm and the shallow flavors suggest that immediate drinking is warranted. Anticipated maturity: Now-may be in decline. Last tasted, 3/89.
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Robert Parker
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Light but attractively fruity and pleasant when young, this wine has continued to lose fruit and taken on a lean, rather light-bodied and under-endowed personality. It is also beginning to lose charm and the shallow flavors suggest that immediate drinking is warranted. Anticipated maturity: Now-may be in decline. Last tasted, 3/89. Jan 1998, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
After 50 years under the direction of the Lichine family, this leading Margaux estate entered a new chapter in 1999 when négociant Ballande took the reins, continuing the property’s previous upward trajectory.