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sdr Likes this wine: 98 points
April 28, 2012 - I secured this bottle from "Wide World of Wine" in DC about 20 years ago and the condition was extraordinary, with an ullage just below the neck. It supposedly was sourced from a cold UK cellar along with a treasure trove of other old Bordeaux from the decade of the 50’s and 60’s. Is it too good to be true? The cork was moist and very tight and crumbled immediately on extraction no matter what device I used. But the wine - well it was astonishingly youthful, seemingly 25 years old rather than 65. A huge blast of very sweet blueberry essence burst out of the decanter as soon as I started to pour it. The port analogy was obvious. But once in the glass, it settled down a bit and was merely intensely fruity but without the sweetness. The harmony was incredible with the tannin, acidity, violet, rose and raspberry all swirling about the glass. Relatively light weight but excellent length, long and unwavering to the whisper of a finish. This bottle was surely genuine, since Rudy and his ilk were still almost in diapers when I bought it and the incidence of fraudulent bottles then was much lower. Yet the youthfulness was astonishing, although it began its gentle descent after about an hour, yet still wonderful after 3 hours. Unforgettable.
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