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johneagle Likes this wine: 93 points
December 25, 2020 - I'm giving it big points because, apart from a slight rubber taint mentioned elsewhere, this is nearly perfect. Its Christmas day and I'm stuck on my own: thank you to the Wuhan bat eater or whoever it was. Anyway this was a single left from my father's cellar. It was a toss up between drinking this, Palmer 70 or Ducru 66 (which I drank last year and was faded but really lovely. When I was starting to learn about wine (and work too) he and I would have lunch together often, just the two of us. Always Bordeaux, usually a 1970, a 66 and a 61 of the same chateau against one another and as the wines got older they tasted better. He could do that from 12 or 14 different Chateaux. The wine was more hit or miss in those days, and probably better in the good years than their recent equivalents. The Ducru and the Palmer are final bottles left, with a few others, mostly 61s. Christmas on my own not so bad and I'm raising a glass to him...RIP 2005. (and the L-B 85 keeps getting better).
Happy Christmas all....
2 hours later it's lost the slight rubber and is just very good indeed. I am an idiot for not decanting it well ahead.2,996 views