1961 Château Cabrières Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  2/4/2011 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 94 Points

  Old Châteauneuf-du-Papes tasted with Harry Karis (750 Wines, St. Helena, California): 1st bottle: Very bricking medium red color with 15 millimeter clear meniscus; mature, tart cranberry, earthy, distant dried berry, ginger cake, dried fig nose; tangy, tasty, light coffee, dried fig, light chocolate, nutty palate with firm tannins and near medium acidity; medium-plus finish 88 points
  
  2nd bottle: Bricking, cloudy, light medium red color with 5 millimeter clear meniscus; oxidized, brett, venison, beef jus nose; tasty, mature, venison jus, meat jus, smoke palate, much better on palate than nose, suggesting bottle stink that would blow off; medium-plus finish 94 pts.(the label, which was a recent relabeling, reads "Domaine de Cabrières"; the name of the estate was changed to Château Cabrières in the '80s)

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