1964 Rapet Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne

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  6/29/2010 - Goldstone wrote: 94 Points

  Cold War Nuclear Escalation Wine Club Dinner (Otto e Mezzo, Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong): Brought by Benoit along with the 1966 Dom Perignon and the 1977 Bouchard Per et Fils Montrachet. High shoulders fill but a cloudy sunset gold-orange colur in the bottle that made us wonder whether it was even worth pulling the cork. Bronze caramel colour and very opaque in the glass. Surprisingly quite pleasant nose of Vin de Paille and sweaty jockstraps. The palate was only mildly oxidised.....very nutty...almonds...great fresh acidity and an impressive sharp cut to it which belied its foggy colour. Amontillado on the back end. A very pleasant surprise and was 90-91 at this stage. With extended time in the glass it became Mead-like...honeyed and herby tones...with saddle leather soap emerging......it got very rich and gold on the palate and after 2+ hours in the glass (with a couple of freshener top-ups) it went perfectly with the salty hard Italian cheeses. I think everyone else had long before got mesmerised by the Grange '71 and the Margaux '83 (not forgetting the Latour '59) so I was a bit of an outcast of the islands on this one.

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