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• Cailles wrote: 92 points

  August 1, 2022 - 5x 1964 red, 2x Sherry: Five 1964 reds. All tasted blind. Rioja for the win! The 1964 Rioja vintage is just magical. Clear winner and WOTN, the Rioja Alta Ardanza Reserva Especial (98 pts). Highly complex, ever changing, clean and precise, very Burgundian. Next Angelus (95 pts), perfectly mature, elegant, pure Bordeaux missing just a bit more substance for an even higher rating. Third, CVNE Vina Real Reserva Especial (94 pts) a bit past its peak with hyper intense and intriguing coffee/malty and nutty notes. Finally, two solid Burgundies. Louis Remy Chambertin (92 pts) showed very young, with almost new world-like, ripe fruit and sweetness which was a bit perplexing. The Leroy d’Auvenay (90 pts) had a good structure but was not harmonious and clean enough.
  
  TN: This was a highly unusual wine. Right from the go, the wine was dominated by a very intense and very, very ripe dark red fruit and darker fruit core. Blind I would have guessed this to be a probably 10-20 year old Pinot Noir, probably a New World one! The structural frame showed mature and nicely integrated with round velvety tannins, a good freshness and a creamy texture, the aroma profile and intensity, as well as the (almost complete) absence of ageing aromas threw me off a bit. In addition, the fruit was so dominating that not much more aromas were recognizable, so it was rather simple. Only with a lot of time in the glass this settled down a bit, but remained rather (too) sweet. 91/92 pts. Correct bottle?

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• YMody wrote: 90 points

  May 2, 2014 - A 50 year old Burgundy. Surprised that it stood up this long. Clearly past its peak but with the remnants of the earthiness and complexity that hit the palate, a reminder of what this wine must have been at its prime.

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• vindictive wrote:

  November 28, 2008 - Bottle and fill excellent. Some corrosion under capsule and cork was soaked to top. Excellent color and clarity. Decanted carefully and allowed to breathe. Initially, significant funk to burn off with off-putting aromas. This improved steadily with air time and the wine was ready after about one hour. Nice sous-bois, subtstantial body, vigorous. Very good, correct old burg but not life-changing.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1964
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Louis Remy
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Chambertin Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 5 (56%)
• Consumed 4 (44%)

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