1970 Château Gruaud Larose

Community Tasting Notes (72) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  10/13/2023 - parkline_wine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Great showing from this bottle, the cork was in rough shape but it came out fine with the trusty durand. Needed about 30 mins to really get going, and peaked about 45-1 hour in. Awesome tertiary flavors but with some still primary, albeit dried fruit elements. Lovely structure given the age. What else could I ask for!

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  8/27/2023 - stefad Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bouteille issue d'un lot de 3x75cl d'une vente aux enchères et la meilleure des 3 !
  Ouverte et servie de suite, bouchon totalement imbibé (recours au Durand obligé pour éviter la casse de ce dernier).
  Robe tuilée évanescente, nez très complexe aux arômes tertiaires, cuir, champignons, fumée, pot pourri… En bouche le vin est suave, avec fruité étonnant pour ses 53 ans.
  Très belle surprise partagée avec couple d'amis. 94/100

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  5/2/2023 - Whitman wrote: 94 Points

  Cassis just jumps out of the glass( pop and poured) and later theres graphite, lead pencil and tobacco on the rich nose. The palate is full bodied with rich sweet fruit and a pretty long persistent, but also dry finish. The palate is much better than the bottle i had 1,5 year ago and this is pretty primary for a 53 years old wine. Gruaud Larose is never an elegant wine, but this is impressive.

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  1/21/2023 - Jake Barnes Does not like this wine: 83 Points

  One of five wines I served to friends as part of a ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s Bordeaux retrospective that also included the following:
  
  1961 Calon-Segur
  1966 Lascombes
  1982 Grand-Puy-Lacoste
  1986 Grand-Puy-Lacoste
  
  With the exception of the wines from the 1980s, all of these bottles could rightly be said to be well into the back nine of life with the eighteenth hole in sight. That being said, none of them were expired, off, or even especially tired, and despite the oldest ones being very tertiary, they all showed some degree of aged fruit. In finality, all of the wines fell somewhere on a spectrum between the upper end of “poor” and the lower end of “very good.”
  
  From a bottle purchased at retail with a fill 5.5cm below the cork, this was the least enjoyable bottle of the tasting to my palate, showing a little sour red fruit that came across like canned asparagus. It was one very experienced taster’s WOTN. Just more evidence that palates vary. 13% ABV (poor/*/13.5/83)

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  10/23/2022 - Mill Run wrote:

  Was somewhat skeptical on condition considering age & fill level (high shoulder) but perfectly evolved claret. Cork was fully saturated by firm, drinkable right away but moderate improvement over time. Drank perfectly over a 2 hour period. Drink or hold.

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