Legends only: 15 Bordeaux & 2 Heitz MV Magnums: Tasting this wine legend from a pristine magnum is a truly humble experience. The wine was double decanted roughly 4 hours prior to consumption which helped it to open up but the wine constantly improved further in the glass. It is all about finesse, shows highly complex with almost perfect precision, has still a beautiful sweetness and lots life left. It is very Burgundian, light as a feather with no weight. Without doubt the best Lafite I ever had and I‘m quite sure that I could have followed the wine over more than just 45 minutes, my score would be even higher as the wine kept evolving and adding complexity and weight.
TN: First nose, incredibly expressive full power nose full of reductive notes, stingy oak, dark red fruit, cedar and tobacco. Super sexy and inviting. On the palate, the first impression is a bit mixed as the wine quickly disappears after the impressive attack. But with more time in the glass the wine gets much more impressive with such a light and airy structure and texture but good mid palate weight and an expanding finish. But this is never about power but all about elegance and finesse. Very delicate and fine red strawberry notes, other red berries and some darker fruit notes, in all shapes, pure and fresh as well as candied and dried, it gains so much sweetness with every minute, and then there is that fresh minerality and nice herbal component, still these fine toasty notes and some more reduction notes. The purity is incredible, the precision of the charts, all the lines are so clean. The tannins are completly molten but still, there is so much tension and vivacity in the wine. A perfectly integrated acidity, very fine texture with the right amount of creaminess. A marvel and a great privilege to taste this wine.
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Some lovage in the palate, but very nice melting sweetness. Elegant, deepness, raisins and other dried fruits, a monumental wine, a German bottling, Thanks Achim for bring this history of wine
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Served double blind, in my wildest dreams I never though the wine was this old. My guess placed it in the 1940's. The nose showed off with the array of scents ranging from truffle, autumn leafs, forest floor, 5 spice, cigar box, lead pencil and cedar chest. A whisper of fruit popped in, but the secondary aromatics were all mattered here. Elegant, light on its feet and still offering spicy cassis flavors in the mouth, the silky tannins, freshness and extreme patina of age got even better in the glass! What a great experience! This is a wine I am not going to forget tasting. Speechless is all I can say.
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Warning to anyone who might have this wine or be looking to buy. Probably a fake. See article: http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/06/top-12-wine-fakes
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11/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 97 Points
Legends only: 15 Bordeaux & 2 Heitz MV Magnums: Tasting this wine legend from a pristine magnum is a truly humble experience. The wine was double decanted roughly 4 hours prior to consumption which helped it to open up but the wine constantly improved further in the glass. It is all about finesse, shows highly complex with almost perfect precision, has still a beautiful sweetness and lots life left. It is very Burgundian, light as a feather with no weight. Without doubt the best Lafite I ever had and I‘m quite sure that I could have followed the wine over more than just 45 minutes, my score would be even higher as the wine kept evolving and adding complexity and weight.
TN: First nose, incredibly expressive full power nose full of reductive notes, stingy oak, dark red fruit, cedar and tobacco. Super sexy and inviting. On the palate, the first impression is a bit mixed as the wine quickly disappears after the impressive attack. But with more time in the glass the wine gets much more impressive with such a light and airy structure and texture but good mid palate weight and an expanding finish. But this is never about power but all about elegance and finesse. Very delicate and fine red strawberry notes, other red berries and some darker fruit notes, in all shapes, pure and fresh as well as candied and dried, it gains so much sweetness with every minute, and then there is that fresh minerality and nice herbal component, still these fine toasty notes and some more reduction notes. The purity is incredible, the precision of the charts, all the lines are so clean. The tannins are completly molten but still, there is so much tension and vivacity in the wine. A perfectly integrated acidity, very fine texture with the right amount of creaminess. A marvel and a great privilege to taste this wine.
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4/30/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Some lovage in the palate, but very nice melting sweetness. Elegant, deepness, raisins and other dried fruits, a monumental wine, a German bottling, Thanks Achim for bring this history of wine
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4/16/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Served double blind, in my wildest dreams I never though the wine was this old. My guess placed it in the 1940's. The nose showed off with the array of scents ranging from truffle, autumn leafs, forest floor, 5 spice, cigar box, lead pencil and cedar chest. A whisper of fruit popped in, but the secondary aromatics were all mattered here. Elegant, light on its feet and still offering spicy cassis flavors in the mouth, the silky tannins, freshness and extreme patina of age got even better in the glass! What a great experience! This is a wine I am not going to forget tasting. Speechless is all I can say.
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6/20/2013 - Vino Me wrote:
Warning to anyone who might have this wine or be looking to buy. Probably a fake. See article:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/06/top-12-wine-fakes
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