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Farnsburg Rarities
Tasted Saturday, April 1, 2017 by G_H with 583 views
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Flight 2 (4 Notes)
1945 Château Gruaud Larose 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Out of magnum: Amazing!! Dense, porcini, dried meat with herbs, super dense and nice tannin structure. This is stunning!
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1945 Château Talbot 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Out of magnum: Lots of people rated this even higher than the Gruaud. This was incredibly elegant, walnuts, stable notes. Beautiful but a bit on the light side for a 1945 for my taste
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1934 Château Latour Grand Vin 84 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Out of magnum: Great producer, great year, bad wine: aggressive nose, extreme acidity. Apparently this was not just a bottle issue, but the wine is that way. Avoid!
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1952 Château Latour Grand Vin 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Out of magnum: What a wine! Very harmonious, Amarena cherries, beautiful elegance and power, supremely long finish.
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Flight 3 (4 Notes)
1925 Château Haut-Brion Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Not one, but two magnums were corked! Behind that there were hints of porcini, ut undrinkable
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1953 Château Haut-Brion 100 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Out of magnum: This is as good as it gets. Typical HB, dense herbal notes,lomg, very very long. Amazing!
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1948 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Out of Magnum: Guiness, Malt, Porcini, umami (tons of it), nearly feels young. This was a stunner!
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1961 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 100 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Out of Magnum: Plums, herbs, typical LMHB grilled porcini, herbs, mint. Amazing length and power. Great, Great, GREAT
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Flight 4 (4 Notes)
1953 Château Cheval Blanc 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Out of magnum: Herbs, candied sugar, celeriac, some vegetal notes, super dense, very long.
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1959 Château Margaux 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Out of magnum: Despite its reputation, this shined tonight. Leaves, leather, classic Margaux
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1947 Château Lynch-Bages Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Very aggressive nose, undrinkable
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1955 Château Lynch-Bages 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Out of magnum: Coke, herbs, mushrooms, eucalyptus, very good
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Flight 5 (4 Notes)
1960 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único 92 Points
Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
Out of magnum: felt much younger, stuffing, dried bread, pleasant but not spectacular
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1968 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Flawed
Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
Lactic, oxidative, what a shame!
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1935 Château Haut-Brion
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Out of magnum: a terrible vintage and unfortunately it showed. The wine was not flawed, just dead!
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1945 Château Léoville Barton 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Out of magnum: This walks and talks like a gorgeous Napa Cab! Mint, eucalyptus, red bell peppers, figs, cold ash, dense, sweet and long. STUNNING!
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1934 Château Doisy-Daëne 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Out of Magnum: Orange zests, apricots, nice bitterness, long and opulent.
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1947 Château Coutet Barsac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Out of magnum: butter, candied sugar, botrytis, elegant and balanced but a bit light
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1971 Château Coutet Cuvée Madame 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Out of Magnum: Beautiful sweet-acidity play, citrus, very nice length. What a beauty
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1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Selección 97 Points
Spain, Andalucía, Montilla-Moriles
Out of magnum: even out of magnum this wine is exactly the same as previous bottles. Amazing.
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1928 Château Beychevelle
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Out of magnum: Unfortunately a slight hint of cork. Behind that a powerful wine, red berries, leather... unfortunate
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1929 Château Beychevelle 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Out of magnum: Tar, fig, intense acidity very long finish
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1929 Domaine de Chevalier 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Out of Magnun: butter, herbs, scent of swiss stone pine (Arve), cinema-popcorn. This was a show-stopper!
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1934 Château Haut-Simard 83 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion
Out of Magnum: Beef stock, rose hips, very developed and on his way to the graveyard but still drinkable
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