Auction purchase. Solid cork that pushed through, probably my fault. Decanted and drank over four hours. Held up. Significantly brown with a touch of red. Not much nose. Prune, red cherry, black olive, a hint of Bordeaux green. Persistent. Fully mature.
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High shoulder, mostly soaked cork. Initial funky odors that blew off quickly. Brick color. After a few minutes of air, this was pleasant but not exceptional. A tiny bit of fruit, a flutter of secondary notes. Fine with food, but not really elegant or inviting. After about an hour it lost its fruitiness and interest and had a slightly black tea bitterness in the finish. The bottle was not flawed, but I wonder about how well it was stored.
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I don't really believe in giving wines a point score, particularly wines like this, but these two bottles, drunk on the same night with marrow bones, toast, and consomme where lovely. Pitch perfect with this course - not at all over the hill. Just awesome. Will try to buy more.
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Awesome, still big and surprising amount of tannins. Would have been great in another few years yet. Rich dark/black/burgundy in color. After reading other tasting notes... I must have got lucky with a very well kept bottle. We had this at a buddies house. It was a "bring your past due bottles" night. We had a dozen or so $250 plus bttls.... This was one of the better ones from the early 1960's to mid 80's. Even had it out in decanter for an hour. I'll miss her... Never to be had again!!!!!
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Well past its prime, but still lovely. Earthy sweetness dominates with spice underneath. The color still retains much more red than I would have thought possible and is relatively unmarred by brown. The finish contains plenty of red berries - the fruit still lives!
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IN BETTER CONDITION THAN LAST BOTTLE DINNER WITH FRIENDS IN VANCOUVER LAST BOTTLE FROM THE CELLAR VERY MILD, EARTH, HINT OF RAISIN AND APRICOT AROMA OF EARL GREY TEA HOW MATURE BORDEAUX SHOULD TASTE EXCELLENT
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wine night with j&h with 2004 napanook. Great condition. cork in amazing condition. first impression, dead. after 30min, fruit appeared. went very well with stewed chicken love the mature bordeaux!
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Completely mature and probably better 10 years ago, but still had good plummy fruit and enough backbone to make things interesting. Not particularly long or complex, but a classic example of mature Bordeaux. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Over the hill but still alive and kicking. Still a bit of tannin and a good amount of sweet, plummy fruit. Not particularly intense or long, but classic claret and very enjoyable.
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This bottle also showed some signs of leakage. The color was a solid red and only slightly cloudy. The nose was rather musty and not promising. On th palate the wine showed better than the nose. Primarily and mushroomy, compost character. Most of the fruit had faded and it had mild tannins. Always an interesting experience to drink an older Bordeaux though. 84 points.
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Bottle #4. This is a lovely refined bottle of wine. Not at all ruined, although maybe over the hill. More prominent green bell pepper on the nose. Light to medium bodied, my impression remains that this would have been better 10 years ago, but it's quite pleasant now.
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What a treat! The first 2 were completely gone, but on bottle #3 and I hit paydirt.
This was stood up for more than a week, decanted and drunk immediately, although this note is about 1 hour after opening. It is still deep red in color with a slight orange tint, not betraying it's 34 years. Leather, coffee, barnyard, and cranberries fill out the nose. It is medium bodied, with obvious aged qualities. The tannins are soft and the acid is in balance. It finishes well without anything bitter and leaves you wanting more. The overall impression is that there is harmony and delicacy here, but not any particular power. It was probably better 5-10 years ago, but it drinks quite well now. 91pts.
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First bottle (of 5) opened tonight from my recent auction acquisition. This was the lowest fill at mid shoulder. The rest are high shoulder or low neck. My total cost was about $20 per bottle. This bottle was stood up for about a week.
When the foil was removed the news was bad. There was significant wine on the outside of the cork, obviously years old. There was mold too, but the wine contingency was prominent. The color is rust and is very murky. The nose proves very port-like. On the palate this is flat and a little bit like what a port would taste like if it wasn't fortified and had no life left. I believe this is what is referred to as "madeirized", and on top of that it's tired. Oh well, it was worth a shot, and I still have some hope that one or more of the others will work out.
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12/21/2021 - BrunelloBob wrote: 88 Points
Auction purchase. Solid cork that pushed through, probably my fault. Decanted and drank over four hours. Held up.
Significantly brown with a touch of red. Not much nose. Prune, red cherry, black olive, a hint of Bordeaux green. Persistent. Fully mature.
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8/30/2020 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:
Good condition for a 70, v mellow, solid Bordeaux, better than today’s 1970 Ducru, good structure on the palate
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2/8/2020 - Mneumeier wrote: 90 Points
Drank great. Still rocking. Amazing for a 50 year old bottle.
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1/27/2020 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 92 Points
Not as good as the 70 Ducru Beaucaillou, older more mature with lots of secondary aromas, medium to light bodied, very nice & refined
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11/15/2019 - Jon Mills wrote: 89 Points
Surprisingly fresh. Fascinating to drink a wine almost 50 years old with so much vitality.
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10/13/2019 - bonnerecolte wrote: 88 Points
High shoulder, mostly soaked cork. Initial funky odors that blew off quickly. Brick color. After a few minutes of air, this was pleasant but not exceptional. A tiny bit of fruit, a flutter of secondary notes. Fine with food, but not really elegant or inviting. After about an hour it lost its fruitiness and interest and had a slightly black tea bitterness in the finish. The bottle was not flawed, but I wonder about how well it was stored.
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12/28/2017 - GregRosen Likes this wine: 90 Points
To paraphrase Monty Python - "It's not dead yet !"
Pleasantly surprised that it continued to open up after PnP.
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9/24/2016 - jeffclavier Likes this wine: 91 Points
Double decanted, drank it after an hour, still amazingly fresh for a 46 year old wine. Would buy it again despite its age.
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12/28/2011 - ATL Likes this wine:
I don't really believe in giving wines a point score, particularly wines like this, but these two bottles, drunk on the same night with marrow bones, toast, and consomme where lovely. Pitch perfect with this course - not at all over the hill. Just awesome. Will try to buy more.
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7/31/2011 - RKJacobs wrote: 92 Points
Awesome, still big and surprising amount of tannins. Would have been great in another few years yet. Rich dark/black/burgundy in color. After reading other tasting notes... I must have got lucky with a very well kept bottle. We had this at a buddies house. It was a "bring your past due bottles" night. We had a dozen or so $250 plus bttls.... This was one of the better ones from the early 1960's to mid 80's. Even had it out in decanter for an hour. I'll miss her... Never to be had again!!!!!
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7/31/2011 - RKJacobs wrote: 92 Points
Awesome, still big and surprising amount of tannins. Would have been great in another few years yet.
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12/26/2009 - TexasBob wrote: 91 Points
Well past its prime, but still lovely. Earthy sweetness dominates with spice underneath. The color still retains much more red than I would have thought possible and is relatively unmarred by brown. The finish contains plenty of red berries - the fruit still lives!
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1/3/2009 - tvmama wrote: 95 Points
IN BETTER CONDITION THAN LAST BOTTLE
DINNER WITH FRIENDS IN VANCOUVER
LAST BOTTLE FROM THE CELLAR
VERY MILD, EARTH, HINT OF RAISIN AND APRICOT
AROMA OF EARL GREY TEA
HOW MATURE BORDEAUX SHOULD TASTE
EXCELLENT
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12/1/2008 - tvmama wrote: 88 Points
wine night with j&h
with 2004 napanook.
Great condition. cork in amazing condition.
first impression, dead.
after 30min, fruit appeared.
went very well with stewed chicken
love the mature bordeaux!
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11/28/2006 - Tree512 wrote: 90 Points
Completely mature and probably better 10 years ago, but still had good plummy fruit and enough backbone to make things interesting. Not particularly long or complex, but a classic example of mature Bordeaux. I enjoyed it a lot.
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9/6/2006 - Tree512 wrote: 88 Points
Over the hill but still alive and kicking. Still a bit of tannin and a good amount of sweet, plummy fruit. Not particularly intense or long, but classic claret and very enjoyable.
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5/31/2005 - Vino Me wrote: 84 Points
This bottle also showed some signs of leakage. The color was a solid red and only slightly cloudy. The nose was rather musty and not promising. On th palate the wine showed better than the nose. Primarily and mushroomy, compost character. Most of the fruit had faded and it had mild tannins. Always an interesting experience to drink an older Bordeaux though. 84 points.
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12/24/2004 - grossie wrote:
Bottle #4. This is a lovely refined bottle of wine. Not at all ruined, although maybe over the hill. More prominent green bell pepper on the nose. Light to medium bodied, my impression remains that this would have been better 10 years ago, but it's quite pleasant now.
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11/7/2004 - grossie wrote: 91 Points
What a treat! The first 2 were completely gone, but on bottle #3 and I hit paydirt.
This was stood up for more than a week, decanted and drunk immediately, although this note is about 1 hour after opening. It is still deep red in color with a slight orange tint, not betraying it's 34 years. Leather, coffee, barnyard, and cranberries fill out the nose. It is medium bodied, with obvious aged qualities. The tannins are soft and the acid is in balance. It finishes well without anything bitter and leaves you wanting more. The overall impression is that there is harmony and delicacy here, but not any particular power. It was probably better 5-10 years ago, but it drinks quite well now. 91pts.
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10/28/2004 - grossie wrote:
Gone too.
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10/27/2004 - grossie wrote:
First bottle (of 5) opened tonight from my recent auction acquisition. This was the lowest fill at mid shoulder. The rest are high shoulder or low neck. My total cost was about $20 per bottle. This bottle was stood up for about a week.
When the foil was removed the news was bad. There was significant wine on the outside of the cork, obviously years old. There was mold too, but the wine contingency was prominent. The color is rust and is very murky. The nose proves very port-like. On the palate this is flat and a little bit like what a port would taste like if it wasn't fortified and had no life left. I believe this is what is referred to as "madeirized", and on top of that it's tired. Oh well, it was worth a shot, and I still have some hope that one or more of the others will work out.
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1/1/1987 - bacchus wrote: 90 Points
great bottle.
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1/1/1986 - bacchus wrote: 90 Points
great bottle.
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1/1/1985 - bacchus wrote: 90 Points
great bottle.
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