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• Cailles wrote: 90 points

  October 17, 2021 - 30x 1955 & 1961 (mostly Bdx): Tasted single blind. Taste-off between the 1955 and 1961 vintages. The 1955 (80 pts) had not much to offer with a disintegrated acidity and wet cardboard smells. The 1961 (90 pts) showed young and well defined but the acidity wasn‘t that well integrated either. Unsurprisingly, both wines couldn‘t keep pace with the Yquems in the same flight.
  
  TN: Medium- expressive, light citrus nose. Same citrus aromas on the palate, with some more spices and lots of freshness but not much complexity. A bit out of balance towards the finish with an overbearing acidity. Overall still pleasant.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted. Maybe this would have needed a bit of air.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 91 points

  September 20, 2021 - Grand 1961 vs 1955 vintage tasting (Fribourg): Big 1961 vs 1955 tastings including 10 direct match-ups and 11 individual wines from 1961. The tasting was conducted in flights of 4, single-blind and with no previous decant with all bottles opened 1h prior to start. The line-up was dominated by Bordeaux reds, but also included 5 Sauternes, 1 Champagne, 3 Burgundy reds and 1 Ribera del Duero. The following observations are worth mentioning: i) 1961 generally came across as a better vintage today than 1955, ii) the performance correlated with the 1855 classification, iii) The most outstanding wines were outside of the Bordeaux reds with Veuve Clicquot Rosé '61, Vega Sicilia Unico '61 (both 97) and La Tour Blanche '61 (96) worth mentioning, iv) Top-performing Bordeaux was Margaux (95) in 1961 and Mouton in 1955. List of wines included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Beautiful amber colour. Nice, aged Sauternes nose but without much intensity or precision, I found. A bit of saffron, candid fruit and some cooler mineral notes. OK palate with some freshness left, sweet but not too sweet and a marginally creamy texture. Compared very well to the '55 which didn't have much to show for left.

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• AHVinoFile wrote: 89 points

  November 16, 2015 - [Grand Millesime's Bordeaux:The Legendary Years 1928-1961 dinner at Circa Restaurant, Melbourne] Deep golden orange-amber. Lovely bouquet of tangerine marmalade, glaced pineapple, spice, toasted almond, toffee butterscotch, caramel & treacle. Voluminous, deep, quite intense, lush & opulent; moderately sweet with medium soft acidity in very good harmony. Long, complex, slightly cloying finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1961
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Château Gilette
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation Crème de Tête
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Sauternais
• Appellation Sauternes

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