March 3, 2024 - blind
One guessed right the region, many of us were in Bordeaux or Burgundy. Nice extract sweetness, roses, tar and tobacco. At his peak, one of the Top 4 WOTN. 99
February 23, 2024 - Just opened right before serving so still opening up. More dried fruits. Red fruits. A bit of spice. Needs more time in the glass. Lovely.
June 23, 2023 - light brickish maroon brown, slight cloudy, brickish hue
Nose: cranberry, plum, sweet tobacco, leather, black pepper, musk, clove, bay leaf, vanilla, balsamic, caramel, porcini, touch barnyard, oak
Pal: cranberry, plum, orange rind, sweet tobacco, leather, cigar, musk, dust, clove, bay leaf, vanilla, balsamic, caramel, porcini, black pepper, touch barnyard, minerals, oak
Feel: medium, savory, touch acidity, touch cloying
Finish: medium, long
TC9
April 3, 2023 - Even better than the previous bottle, this wine stopped the table in it's tracks and that included Jancis Robinson, David Ramey, Cathy Corison and Rosemary Cakebread. Magnificent color, still fine tannins, great length, loads of fresh fruit and a stateliness rarely found in wines these days.
February 25, 2023 - Light and transparent brick color. In the beginning, some off aromas of dill and gherkin. This disappeared after a while in the glass, and the aromas became clean and fruity with sweet red berries. Very precise, intense and concentrated on the palate. This bottle was a lot better than one tasted seven years ago, and more in line with a 1958, tasted six years ago.
January 12, 2023 - Perfect storage, full saturated cork, incredible wine. Nose and palate are in full sync and this wine will not get better, and in fact it would be hard to even get better. Beautiful!
December 31, 2022 - Oxidised :(
April 24, 2021 - These old Gaja bottles frequently impress, as did this one. I liked it a lot.
March 18, 2020 - Very old, very lovely. Still a few tannins, not much fruit.
December 14, 2019 - very complex nose, leather, mushroom, tar, graphite, cherry, very much alive, full mouth feel, subdued tannins, long finish