82 La Conseillante, 95 Vogüe Bonnes-Mares, 55 Pichon Baron and 89 Calon-Ségur

1955 Château Pichon Longueville Baron:

A. Lalande bottling, mid shoulder fill, rotten cork. Deep ruby, thin orange rim. Starting out coffe and some figs nose, anise, violets, cedar and tobacco nose. Fresh acidity, few tannins, bit lean, very anise palate, ads a bit with air, gets rounder, never stunning, good length. 86

1995 Comte de Vogüe Bonnes Mares:

Bright ruby. Strawberries and tight nose that needed an hour in decanter to even start to open a bit. Ever so slightly floral note, quite seductive, but always as firm as an athlets but. Fresh and tight acidity, ripe tannins, bit lean, fruity, very unripe strawberries palate, tight, long. 93-94

1989 Château Calon-Ségur:

Fill 3mm below cork. Subdued first, scented, elegant, cigars, nuanced, cassis, layered nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, again subdued, seductive and flirting like few, absolutely gorgeous, long. 95

1982 Château La Conseillante:

Bottom neck fill, soaked cork. Ruby, garnet rim. Scented, fruity, blueberries, chocolate, cigars, some prunes, layered and indeed complex, intense, leaps out of the glass, superb nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant, fruity and lively, waves upon waves, truly long aftertaste, bit more texture than last bottle and not quite as nuanced, but absulutely stunning. 97