1985 Le Bon Pasteur
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Just a bit past its prime, the wine is soft, elegant, medium bodied and serves up with ease, its truffle dusted, earthy, red plum and dark cherry core of fruit. There is no reason to not be popping a cork on this wine if you have any bottles left in your cellar.
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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
Robert Parker
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Starting to show some cracks around the edges, this Bon Pasteur has considerable amber at the edge of its dark ruby/garnet color. The wine has an herbaceous nose intermixed with cedar wood, sweet plums, prunes, and cherries. The wine is medium-bodied and shows some elements of dilution in the finish, which is a bit thin and attenuated. Drink it up. Last tasted, 6/02.
About the producer
Famed winemaking consultant Michel Rolland is synonymous with this estate. The vines here were purchased by his grandparents and he ran the property from 1979. Although Rolland still makes the wine today, he sold the estate in 2013.