This is why

I shouldn't do my list until the very end of the year... the night before last was a half bottle of 1990 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. While this wasn't the best bottle of this I've had, the nose was pure Lafite and could not ever be mistaken for another wine. It goes in the 38-54 category... Also the other night was the 2002 Dolce (Far Niente)... this wine has a beautiful nose, but the palate is unbalanced and flabby with no lasting finish. Very dissapointing. Last night was the 1995 Chateau Haut-Brion... now, this is still a baby, but wow. The nose is just starting to unwind and the finish is looooooong and powerful. Just starting to show the gravely-bacon fat that I associate with Haut Brion. Goes somewhere in the now top-39... The 2004 Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon is beautiful Chilean Cab... green pepper, but so beautifully balanced and not overextracted or overdone in any way. Nice... a not-so pleasant suprise was the 1995 Chateau Cos d'Estournel... Tasted before the Haut Brion, this wine seemed lifeless and lacking fruit. It was rustic, sure, but where the Haut Brion was a ball of fury about the be unleashed, the Cos felt like it was fading rather than gaining...