'70's night at Morton's (Bordeaux)

Morton's NYC
Tasted Thursday, November 18, 2010 by MRichman with 717 views

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 1970 Château Figeac

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

    Creamy with lots of coffee, some syrup, cedar. Lots of iron and iodine. Fresh and acidic. Dense. Nice.
    B+

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  • 1975 Château Pape Clément

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Light with a woody sweetness. Herbs and some good dark fruit. Still lively. Soft for a 1975.
    B

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1971 Château Giscours

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Woody, cedar. High acidity. Bright. Not tired but not fruity either. Bit of menthol, herb, iron. Time to drink these I'd say.
    B

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  • 1975 Château Palmer

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    A bit angular with nice soft warm fruit. Broad with herbs and wood. Long acidic finish. Sharp tannins. This certainly had the 1975 tannic profile, but with some very nice fruit too. Surprisingly the remains of this bottle were very nice on day 2.
    B

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 1970 Château Léoville Las Cases

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Nice fruit, tannins a bit stiff. Good minty herb a bit of espresso.
    B+

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  • 1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Round and sweet with warm fruit. Soft and friendly. A bit of coffee. Some acidic structure that is well integrated, not overwhelming. Herb, mint. Very nice. Drinking well, not fading. I've had this wine four or five times and have never had a good bottle before, in fact several times the wine has been undrinkable/flawed. This bottle was wonderful. I have one left and have hopes that it will be as good as this one. My #2 of the night.
    A-

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 1975 Château Haut-Brion

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Coffee , menthol, band-aid. Friendly and round for a '75. Some acidic tannins. Fresh, herbal, complex with a distinctly Haut Brion profile. Plenty of life left. My #3 of the night.
    A-

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  • 1978 Château Latour Grand Vin

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Soft and herbal. Very well integrated, seamless in fact. Everything working together wonderfully. A treat and my WOTN.
    A

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Flight 6 (1 Note)

  • 2003 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Thick, big, sweet with a lot of botrytis. Caramel starting to form. Buttery with medium low acid level. Huge, will outlive us all. Drinking very young now, but enjoyable.
    A--

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Closing

WOTN
Latour (14)
Mouton (12)
Haut Brion (6)
Giscours (2)

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