Pale garnet with an orange rim. Dried plums, rust, red fruits. Tastes very light bodied, perhaps a sign of the poor vintage. Tannins and acidity remain present and both are medium+. Lacking in complexity but still enjoyable
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70’s Bordeaux Blind Tasting: 2nd bottle on 1st flight - Nose of muskiness, wet socks, iron, soil, peppers. Tasted plums, vinegar, old herbs, spices. Weak on the palate. The finish wasn’t memorable, and developed slight oyster shell tertiaries after some time; eventually, with a strong blood iron on the finish. The wine got more and more sour over the night.
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Mini-Montrose Vertical - 1973, '85, '94, '95, '96 (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Past its prime, but still really enjoyable. The nose was quite lovely, with soft aromas of dark cherries and back plums alongside gamey, meaty nuances of blood and iron and sous bois at the fore. But there was also sweet tobacco, lovely lifted floral notes and even a little hint of Provencale garrigue at the edges. I liked that nose. The palate was very evolved, even a bit tired, with soft velvety tannins and decent acidity just barely holding on to soft cherry and berry notes with some meaty flavours and salty iodine notes on the midpalate. Any grip that the wine had seemed to be quickly slipping, with a little blush of warm spice and more salted meat accents marking a quiet finish. This was a friendly old charmer with a nice round character to it, but about time to drink up.
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På nesen kjeller og melkesjokolade. Litt uren nese hvor det også er noe støvete. Askebeger og gamle skinnsko, På smak mangler vinen frukt og fremstår litt inntørket, fin syre, men ubalansert. 84p.
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Upper shoulder fill, cork fully saturated. Opened and tasted at 6:00 PM, then allowed to breathe slowly in the bottle until 9:00 PM, then decanted and served. Clear dark blood-brick red. Initially, the bouquet was classic aged Bordeaux -- old leather, pencil shavings, tobacco, vestiges of tired tart red berries. I was very pleasantly surprised. But after 3 hours in the bottle, it fell apart, becoming meaty, bloody, rusty, and generally disjointed. 90 points initially; 84 points upon serving. Lesson learned: plan the evening around an old bottle, not the other way around.
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Dark red, almost purple. Mature complex bouquet with black fruits and oak. Medium bodied with soft and developed tannin. There is soft fruit and oak in the taste and a nice amount of fresh acidity. Complex and long aftertaste. Beautiful wine, now at its peak, but will definitely stay on this level for a few more years.
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2/12/2022 - xiangjing91 wrote: 85 Points
Pale garnet with an orange rim. Dried plums, rust, red fruits. Tastes very light bodied, perhaps a sign of the poor vintage. Tannins and acidity remain present and both are medium+. Lacking in complexity but still enjoyable
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8/30/2019 - dnnk88 Does not like this wine:
70’s Bordeaux Blind Tasting: 2nd bottle on 1st flight - Nose of muskiness, wet socks, iron, soil, peppers. Tasted plums, vinegar, old herbs, spices. Weak on the palate. The finish wasn’t memorable, and developed slight oyster shell tertiaries after some time; eventually, with a strong blood iron on the finish. The wine got more and more sour over the night.
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8/1/2015 - kghaffar89 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Past its prime, but still had subtle hints of dark cherry and soft tannins. I'm sure this wine would have been great a few years ago.
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4/19/2014 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points
Mini-Montrose Vertical - 1973, '85, '94, '95, '96 (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Past its prime, but still really enjoyable. The nose was quite lovely, with soft aromas of dark cherries and back plums alongside gamey, meaty nuances of blood and iron and sous bois at the fore. But there was also sweet tobacco, lovely lifted floral notes and even a little hint of Provencale garrigue at the edges. I liked that nose. The palate was very evolved, even a bit tired, with soft velvety tannins and decent acidity just barely holding on to soft cherry and berry notes with some meaty flavours and salty iodine notes on the midpalate. Any grip that the wine had seemed to be quickly slipping, with a little blush of warm spice and more salted meat accents marking a quiet finish. This was a friendly old charmer with a nice round character to it, but about time to drink up.
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5/17/2013 - Cinsault86 wrote: 84 Points
På nesen kjeller og melkesjokolade. Litt uren nese hvor det også er noe støvete. Askebeger og gamle skinnsko, På smak mangler vinen frukt og fremstår litt inntørket, fin syre, men ubalansert. 84p.
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8/3/2010 - Javachip wrote: 86 Points
Upper shoulder fill, cork fully saturated. Opened and tasted at 6:00 PM, then allowed to breathe slowly in the bottle until 9:00 PM, then decanted and served. Clear dark blood-brick red. Initially, the bouquet was classic aged Bordeaux -- old leather, pencil shavings, tobacco, vestiges of tired tart red berries. I was very pleasantly surprised. But after 3 hours in the bottle, it fell apart, becoming meaty, bloody, rusty, and generally disjointed. 90 points initially; 84 points upon serving. Lesson learned: plan the evening around an old bottle, not the other way around.
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8/5/1986 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points
Almost the same TN as last year, also about the maturity stage. There were some mushrooms in the taste as well.
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6/21/1985 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points
Dark red, almost purple. Mature complex bouquet with black fruits and oak. Medium bodied with soft and developed tannin. There is soft fruit and oak in the taste and a nice amount of fresh acidity. Complex and long aftertaste. Beautiful wine, now at its peak, but will definitely stay on this level for a few more years.
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