1976 Bordeaux B PL? Kein Feuerwerkerwarte - aber eines bekommen. Brauchte über den Abend Luft und Zeit, drehte und wendete sich im Glas, großes Aromenspiel - tolle Unterhaltung. Einer meiner Top-70iger B-Erfahrungen.
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Green, rustic and with more tartness than sweet in the fruit, the medium-bodied wine is clearly drying out and needs to be consumed sooner than later before the last remnants of the red currants and cranberry fade any further.
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Well preserved 1976 Chateau Baron de Pichon Longueville. Above shoulder fill.
I managed to pull out the cork whole. A bit of black growth on the exterior side of the cork, but did not permeate through.
On open: scent of intense raisin, ripe blueberry, and some petroleum fumes.
I let it sit 5m before pouring. Petroleum burned off.
Kind of a deep garnet color, little bit of brown rust, but not enough to call it tawny. One of the most vigorous colors of the older wines I've opened.
Taste: raisin, strawberry, fading to tangy cherry Sweet tarts, with a finish of cedar becoming fresh hot jalapeno. Keeps you coming back for more. Best of the 1970s wines I've tried, which are only a few.
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12/24/2023 - Chrysostomus wrote: flawed
Just iron - no fruit nor tertiary aromas. Lacking everything. Cork was completely soaked...
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6/26/2022 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 94 Points
1976 Bordeaux B PL? Kein Feuerwerkerwarte - aber eines bekommen. Brauchte über den Abend Luft und Zeit, drehte und wendete sich im Glas, großes Aromenspiel - tolle Unterhaltung. Einer meiner Top-70iger B-Erfahrungen.
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4/8/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 80 Points
Green, rustic and with more tartness than sweet in the fruit, the medium-bodied wine is clearly drying out and needs to be consumed sooner than later before the last remnants of the red currants and cranberry fade any further.
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12/24/2021 - novocane wrote: 94 Points
Well preserved 1976 Chateau Baron de Pichon Longueville. Above shoulder fill.
I managed to pull out the cork whole. A bit of black growth on the exterior side of the cork, but did not permeate through.
On open: scent of intense raisin, ripe blueberry, and some petroleum fumes.
I let it sit 5m before pouring. Petroleum burned off.
Kind of a deep garnet color, little bit of brown rust, but not enough to call it tawny. One of the most vigorous colors of the older wines I've opened.
Taste: raisin, strawberry, fading to tangy cherry Sweet tarts, with a finish of cedar becoming fresh hot jalapeno. Keeps you coming back for more. Best of the 1970s wines I've tried, which are only a few.
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5/24/2020 - ArtF Likes this wine: 93 Points
From. 360, deep brick red. Lead pencil, medium bodied, long finish. Still smooth and balanced.
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