70’s Bordeaux Blind Tasting: 1st bottle on 1st flight - Nose of preserved prunes, preserved plums, musky, some dried flowers, chrysanthemum. Tasted dried plums, preserved prunes, herbs, soil, pickles, with blood iron and dates tertiaries. Nice long spiced finish. Tinge of ammonia kicked in after some time, which was slightly disturbing. Best bottle for the 1st flight (alongside Montrose 1973 and Pontet Canet 1978).
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The wine looks onion-skin colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor, petrol, sherry, diesel and tar.
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Light orange rim, clean and clear. Showing sensationally well: On the nose medicinal notes, tea, iodine, some farmyard. Lovely entry to the palate, fresh, iodine, even fruit, round and mouthfilling. A gorgeous sweetness, tea, balanced acidity, tobacco, liquorice. Very surprising, lovely length. Keeping in astonishing form all evening. It was drunk at a small privat tasting and everyone was delighted. Wouldn't have believed it otherwise. What style! Forget modern winemaking... From an excellent cellar. 12,5% alc.
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Roland & Louisa dinner (上海總會): excellent bottle condition - good level and label. very drinkable albeit a little porty. great effort considering the vintage.
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8/30/2019 - dnnk88 wrote: 83 Points
70’s Bordeaux Blind Tasting: 1st bottle on 1st flight - Nose of preserved prunes, preserved plums, musky, some dried flowers, chrysanthemum. Tasted dried plums, preserved prunes, herbs, soil, pickles, with blood iron and dates tertiaries. Nice long spiced finish. Tinge of ammonia kicked in after some time, which was slightly disturbing. Best bottle for the 1st flight (alongside Montrose 1973 and Pontet Canet 1978).
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2/9/2019 - lenettoyeur wrote: 80 Points
The wine looks onion-skin colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor, petrol, sherry, diesel and tar.
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11/5/2016 - firstgrowth wrote:
To Shant in 50th, closest I could get to '66 without giving vinegar.
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1/11/2011 - Jools wrote: 91 Points
Light orange rim, clean and clear. Showing sensationally well: On the nose medicinal notes, tea, iodine, some farmyard. Lovely entry to the palate, fresh, iodine, even fruit, round and mouthfilling. A gorgeous sweetness, tea, balanced acidity, tobacco, liquorice. Very surprising, lovely length. Keeping in astonishing form all evening. It was drunk at a small privat tasting and everyone was delighted. Wouldn't have believed it otherwise. What style! Forget modern winemaking... From an excellent cellar. 12,5% alc.
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11/28/2010 - Lord Rayas wrote: 84 Points
Roland & Louisa dinner (上海總會): excellent bottle condition - good level and label. very drinkable albeit a little porty. great effort considering the vintage.
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