1961 Château Cos d'Estournel

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  2/11/2024 - dcwino wrote: flawed

  English bottling. A bit tired with a hint of Madeira. The only reason why I am posting this note is because of the remarkable concentration and sweet fruit. If this were to cellared properly, this has to be an exceptional wine that should still drink well.

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  6/26/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Early 41st Anniversary including ‘61 Cos d’Estournel (George Trois Winnetka, IL): I was so excited to drink and savior this wine for a friends birth year. Did not disappoint. Wow, truly Bordeaux and delicious. All the prior notes describe the wine to a T. Happily, I found one more btl in the cellar. 😎

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  5/14/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points

  One of Those Big Birthdays (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN): Very dark red minus color with a 7mm transitional to clear margin. PNP, drank a glass over 90 minutes. Low shoulder fill with a fully saturated wet cork that released on just turning in the spindle. Like most of these older bottles this needed a few minutes to shake off the cobwebs. Definitely intact right off the bat, but steadily evolving in the glass. This is one of those revelatory wines that certainly demonstartes the durability and ageability of Bordeaux. One might naturally be worried about the the low shoulder fill or the wet cork, but this wine defies the odds and in my experience is not an outlyer. What a great wine, showing its ever changing colors. The nose is filled with saddle leather, earth and a touch of funk to start which slowly builds over 20 minutes into an amazing perfume of pencil lead, tar, soil, dried purple flowers, red currants, red cherry and mulch. The palate still is zinging with tart red fruits on a sleek medium body, cherry, dried forest floor, crushed blackberries, soil and minerals, round medium tannins and a long finish. This was in great shape, and an absolute joy to drink a birth year wine for this milestone bday. I don't think most would pick this out as 60 years old if drank blind - maybe 40, and this has got the stuffing to go for another 20 it would seem. My WOTN in a really, really strong group.

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  5/14/2021 - galewskj wrote: 96 Points

  Rocknroller has a special birthday (Margaux's Table): Dried flowers stand out the most. This wine improved over the 2 hours it was in front of me, it was a bit odd and lean initially but it rounded out very well, with tons of complexity underscored by leather and violets.

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  5/14/2021 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Kevin's Big Six-OHhhhhhhhh Nooooo (Margaux's Table in White Bear Lake): I guess when you are dealing with wines this old it a crap shoot....aside from storage issues, you still have bottle variation issues also....well, today the wine gods were smiling! This was my first 1961 wine, and I was very pleasantly surprised. This wine had the most complex nose I have encountered. It was perfumed, but notes of black and red fruit, coupled with leather and earth dominated. Later, violets and dried flowers came to the forefront. Unfortunately, this was only a two ounce pour, and once I started tasting the wine, it was gone before I knew it and no time to revisit later in the night to track its evolution. The palate showed a nice mix of fruit and tertiary flavors with notes of cassis and earth dominating, but also showed some bark, tobacco and dark cherry. A pleasure to drink and held up remarkably well for a 60 year old wine! Easy 95+ for me, and my WOTN.

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