Served last, as a coda to our 1985 Burgundy tasting. We were told it had been decanted for 3 hours but it was still a little tight when poured. After 5 minutes in the glass it opened up beautifully, showing a wonderful nose of ripe cherries, plumbs, and strawberries with hints of pepper, cloves, and just a faint trace of forest floor. Asked to guess the vintage most of us went for 2009 or 2010. Clearly still a baby but with a stunning life ahead. It can be drunk now but definitely not without some serious decanting time!
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More savoury than the riper vintage which suits me very well. Delicate and nuanced, without the excessive sugar of the more 'modern' vintages. Wonderful scents of honey, apricot, spring flowers, vanilla, and peach. Needs some time in the decanter to open up as it's quite closed straight out of the bottle.
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1953 Château Mouton-d'Armailhacq
12/28/2017 - paddydonald wrote: 94 Points
Flott smak og herlig nese med tobakk, cedre, og god lengde. Fortsatt tanniner og virker som om den fortsatt har mange gode år foran seg.
Denne overrasket ettersom ullage var mid skulder (MS). Dekantert i en time og servert i Riedel Sommelier Bordeaux glass.
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2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Chapelle-Chambertin
11/2/2016 - paddydonald Likes this wine: 97 Points
Served last, as a coda to our 1985 Burgundy tasting. We were told it had been decanted for 3 hours but it was still a little tight when poured. After 5 minutes in the glass it opened up beautifully, showing a wonderful nose of ripe cherries, plumbs, and strawberries with hints of pepper, cloves, and just a faint trace of forest floor. Asked to guess the vintage most of us went for 2009 or 2010. Clearly still a baby but with a stunning life ahead. It can be drunk now but definitely not without some serious decanting time!
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1981 Château Climens
11/2/2016 - paddydonald Likes this wine: 96 Points
More savoury than the riper vintage which suits me very well. Delicate and nuanced, without the excessive sugar of the more 'modern' vintages. Wonderful scents of honey, apricot, spring flowers, vanilla, and peach. Needs some time in the decanter to open up as it's quite closed straight out of the bottle.
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