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• Cailles wrote: 91 points

  July 19, 2021 - 15 Mature Bordeauxs Magnums (with Heitz MV in the mix): Talbot 1952 vs Talbot 1953, both from magnum. Not a close race here with the 1953 (95 pts) living up to the reputation the vintage with a complex and precise profile and an impeccable structure. Blind I would have guessed this to be 20-30 years younger. The 1952 (91 pts), on the other hand, was rather simple but had reductive, sulfur notes which well-dosed like in this wine, I’m a sucker for. And these notes were well balanced a nice sweetness.
  
  TN: Reductive, ashy, sulfur along dark fruit on the nose. Sexy. The same pattern on the palate with not much more to it but a beautiful fruit core and sweetness. Quite intense and precise but no complexity. The tannin structure is well intact and the wine has a good freshness and the texture is nicely creamy. Not overly long but all in all quite pleasant.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted. Maybe a bit decanting could have helped here.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 89 points

  July 3, 2021 - Magnum rarities tasting; 7/2/2021-7/3/2021 (Zunfthaus zur Waag, Zurich): Magnum rarities tasting hosted by a merchant and collector. The headline line-up of the main event featured 18 aged red wines from magnum which was preceded by warm-up tasting of a dozen aged reds. The highlights across both days were Chris Ringland 1998 (99), Montrose 1990 and Yquem 1948 (both 98). Also strong were Palmer 1989 (97), Cheval Blanc 1985 (97) and Léoville Poyferré 1990 (96). None of the wines were decanted prior to serving.
  
  Tasting note:
  From magnum. Pretty fleshy and meaty, menthol and medicinal, sulphur and matchstick, barnyard and horse saddle. But there was also unclean aromas of cardboard in the mix tainting the overall picture. Pretty ripe, dark berry fruit. Palate shows nicely balanced, but watery and a bit thin.

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• G_H wrote: 87 points

  July 3, 2021 - Annual Richter Extravaganza (All bottles out of magnums): Quite a restrained wine, not much on the nose. a touch cinnamon and geranium potting mix, intense acidity

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1952
• Type Red
• Producer Château Talbot
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Julien

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• In Cellars 20 (74%)
• Consumed 6 (22%)

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