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Friday, May 14, 2021 - Kevin's Big Six-OHhhhhhhhh Nooooo (Margaux's Table in White Bear Lake): I guess when you are dealing with wines this old it a crap shoot....aside from storage issues, you still have bottle variation issues also....well, today the wine gods were smiling! This was my first 1961 wine, and I was very pleasantly surprised. This wine had the most complex nose I have encountered. It was perfumed, but notes of black and red fruit, coupled with leather and earth dominated. Later, violets and dried flowers came to the forefront. Unfortunately, this was only a two ounce pour, and once I started tasting the wine, it was gone before I knew it and no time to revisit later in the night to track its evolution. The palate showed a nice mix of fruit and tertiary flavors with notes of cassis and earth dominating, but also showed some bark, tobacco and dark cherry. A pleasure to drink and held up remarkably well for a 60 year old wine! Easy 95+ for me, and my WOTN.

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