Richter Raritäten Degustation Volume IV - Magnum Edition (all wine out of Magnum)

Tasted Saturday, May 21, 2016 by G_H with 782 views

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 1950 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 98 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Grilled porcini mushrooms, black tea, extremely dense and rich. reminds me of the 1934 but on steroids (well the 1934 is already pretty much on steroids, so go figure) super Long, amazingly rich, jus plain awesome!

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  • 1953 Château Margaux 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    Soy-sauce, liquid butter, rock candy, beautiful length just great! It's crazy that this wine, as great as it was, was still the 'loser' of the flight... that says something about this tasting... blessed to be able to be part of it. Thanks Jürg!!

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  • 1953 Château Ausone 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    Nuts, leather, sweetness, very dense and warm wine. Opulence that just oozes right bank. Well, I just love this!!

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 1929 Château Gruaud Larose 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    Red berries, very elegant with quite a strong acidity, but nevertheless the wine manages to be balanced. Great wine, very highly rated but not in that muscular, rich, powerful way than the other wines tasted tonight

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  • 1929 Château Latour Grand Vin 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Leather, black berries, nose and palate do not speak the same language but it still somehow seems to work. Great wine, but not among the greatest 1929s

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  • 1929 Château Haut-Brion 100 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Well hello, I'm in heaven!!!

    This wine defies the 100 Point scale. It just blew me away. I knew about the 1929 having rated it 99 Points out of a normal bottle two years ago, but this wine right here?? Just knocked me right out! Again pitch black, enormously rich, rock candy, black tea, gigantic length and never ending aftertaste. This is what old wines are all about! WORLD CLASS!

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 1950 Château Haut-Brion 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Malt, walnut, sweetness, starts with a medium Body and length but develops with time in the glass and gets richer and longer, good stuff!

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  • 1955 Château Haut-Brion 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    This was the most "classic mature claret" tasting wine of the night: Cigar box, some ash, some Wood nice tobacco, leather and stable notes. Classic

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  • 1961 Château Haut-Brion 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    This is just different. In the nose you would say tawny, that's how sweet it is. Cherry compote, Pumpernickel, black tea. Classic 1961 with this extreme ripeness and sweetness and extraordinary power. Well the wine was amazing and most People scored it 100. I can't really tell you why I didn't, well I just didn't, but it is still amongst the 25 highest rated wines of all times for me, so that's that, but comparing it to the 1929 I just felt that the extreme sweetness was somewhat overpowering to give it a perfect score.

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Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 1924 Château Haut-Brion 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    The only wine that somewhat fell apart after 15 minutes in the glass. But before that it had some vanilla, leather, slightly medicinal notes, but very enjoyable

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  • 1974 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard 100 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville

    Together with the 1929 it was the WOTN for me. From another planet, but equally amazing. This wine was firing on all cylinders. Eucalyptus, Petrol, Werther's cassis candy, infinitely long aftertaste and with an otherworldly power this is rightly a california legend and the greatest american wine that I have ever tasted. Kudos!

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  • 1985 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 95 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Vino da Tavola

    Dark berries, quite fresh and still some Tannin left, licorice and nice sweetness. All in all a very good wine, but it stood absolutely no Chance against the Martha's 1974 "next door"

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