1964 Château La Tour du Pin Figeac (Giraud-Bélivier)

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  6/17/2015 - William Kelley Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Revisiting another bottle with a better cork and fill, this 1964 Tour du Pin Figeac showed superbly, bursting from the decanter and glass in a roar of singed, smoky black fruit and plum, with lovely nuances of leather, smoke and loamy soil. Very textural, but more elegant than my previous bottle, this was a vibrant, bright and complete wine that is no way near exhausting its underlying structure. 1964 right bank sure was good...

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  8/18/2014 - William Kelley wrote: 91 Points

  The 1964 La Tour du Pin Figeac is a lovely, rustic Saint Émilion, generously endowed with the ripe black fruit and glycerin of this excellent right-bank vintage. The comparatively muted nose is dominated by ripe black cherry, loamy soil and some more funky, bretty notes; it is on the palate that the wine excels, with its abundance of youthful fruit and its decadent, luscious texture. Surprising length and complexity on the finish elevates this into an outstanding wine.

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