Tasted at annual DBGCBU lunch: Bottle down about 5cm, travelled all over Europe with this one in a backpack. Opened six months after returning home to Oz. Incredible wine! Possibly the best bottle of wine I have ever had. Had a freshness that was freakish given how old it was. Classic La Tache, hedonistic aroma, powerful but extremely elegant palate which was all silk and lace. Layers and layers of detail. Very long with a crescendo like finish that lasted forever. Once in a lifetime bottle.
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4/14/2017 - fcxj wrote: 86 Points
Very tired and to my palate quite Madeirized with sherry aromatics and thin palate. Others thought more highly of it.
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5/23/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: flawed
dead. sad
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7/28/2005 - AJ72 wrote: 100 Points
Tasted at annual DBGCBU lunch: Bottle down about 5cm, travelled all over Europe with this one in a backpack. Opened six months after returning home to Oz. Incredible wine! Possibly the best bottle of wine I have ever had. Had a freshness that was freakish given how old it was. Classic La Tache, hedonistic aroma, powerful but extremely elegant palate which was all silk and lace. Layers and layers of detail. Very long with a crescendo like finish that lasted forever. Once in a lifetime bottle.
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2/10/1985 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Mid-1980's Tasting of Twenty One Vintages of La Tâche (1945-1980) (Private residence, San Francisco): Clear tawny color. Pure Pinot fruit aromatics. Medium weight, lovely fruit across mid-palate, then a rather abrupt finish. Even if this is hardly perfect, the strength of the fruit is impressive. All in all, probably underrated compared to some of the more heralded vintages.
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