May 23, 2021 - Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center with orange rims. The medium+ intensity nose offered up plums, cherries, loamy soil, tobacco, and some clove.
This wine was light bodied in the mouth with light tannin, great acidity, and very good length. It was gorgeously refined and developed nicely with air.
The nose on this was a 97. However, it was a bit thin in the mouth if I am nit-picking (and i like refined wines). Thus, while one might argue for 96 points, I am going to go with a conservative 95 overall. This wine is certainly not going to get better. Drink up
October 18, 2019 - Incredible old Bordeaux. So well made and complex.
February 22, 2019 - Fabulous nose of dark chocolate, truffles and camphor. I'm getting some beef bourguignon on the palate with decadent notes of dark chocolate and truffles but plenty of '61 structure underneath. Refined and exotic with a lovely smoky complexity on the finish.
February 20, 2019 - An evening of vinous gems (Benoit): Phenomenal structure. Lots of fresh dark fruit. Nice backbone of acidity. Awesome complexity. This is very classic.
November 20, 2016 - Generally off.
June 13, 2014 - This is a beautiful example of a '61 that is compact and very pure with wonderful flavors of black plums, smoky earth and cedar. This is firm and full-bodied and still fairly austere but with some airtime, it began to show a finely complex finish with an incredible array of dark spices and aged leathers. Really, really fine! Beau Rivage, Geneva, 6/14
September 11, 2011 - MNSC (The Pawn): sweet and jammy with notes of cedar and leather. rich and long. somewhat overwhelmed by the stunning L'Eglise but probably more long lasting. more open after an hour of so with alluring notes of chocolate and black fruits.
August 1, 2008 - Served from Magnum, this wine needs another 40years before the tannins will integrate and will be more enjoyable. This wine had a very pearly structure which is a characteristic of Pomerol but still too tannic and blown away by the '61 La Mish.