Community Tasting Note
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pclin wrote: 92 points
July 30, 2023 - Almost port like on the nose. I don’t like the pruney note, keep waiting for floral notes to take over but never arrive. Incredibly young though, maybe time will do wonder to this, who knows? Apparently old vines were ripped out in ‘56, so this would have come from 8 years old vines. How did they manage to make such a complex wine with young vines?
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drwine2001 commented:
7/30/23, 1:51 PM - PCLin-Your description of the port tones in this wine reminds me of early descriptions of the legendary 1947 Cheval Blanc, which took forever to shed these surmaturité notes but apparently can still provide great pleasure from pristine bottles. The 1964 vintage was not nearly as torrid as 1947, but as you say, maybe better things are in store for this 59 year old wonder. Thank you for the note, which brought back good memories of one of the first great Bordeaux I ever had the chance to try and which may have been the wine of that rather variable year (although Pétrus was no slouch either!).
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pclin commented:
7/30/23, 8:45 PM - I had the ‘47 CB once in the late ‘90s, didn’t remember it as port like as this. I still hold 2 bottles of ‘64, hopefully those floral elements will eventually overtake everything else. This wine could easily last another 10 to 20 years, so there is hope yet.