Community Tasting Notes 40

• OurSine wrote:

  December 26, 2023 - Drank on Christmas Day 2023; perfect!

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• Sean Tay wrote: flawed

  October 24, 2023 - Would think that the bottle is cork due to poor provenance. Ullage was low shoulder.

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• Sean Tay wrote: 90 points

  December 22, 2021 - Deep tawny in colour. Medium nose with medicinal, black tea, hawthorn. Medium acidity and tannin. Ullage was low fill at mid shoulder. Still drinkable.

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• Cailles wrote: 95 points

  October 17, 2021 - 30x 1955 & 1961 (mostly Bdx): Tasted single blind. Taste-off between the 1955 and 1961 vintages. Oh boy, was I disappointed when the wines were revealed. The 1961 (88 pts) was the wine I was most looking forward to taste in this tasting, especially as provenance should have been great. Sadly the bottle was no winner. Still quite some substance but disjointed. So the 1955 (95 pts) won the race. The best nose of the evening (99 pts) with an incredible complexity and precision but a bit less impressive on the palate. I hope to meet a pristine bottle of the 1961 again some day (and with the right amount of air).
  
  TN: Killer nose with layers and layers of aromas. Coffee, herbs, minerality, dark fruit, forest floor, matchstick, some brett. Very intense, highly precise, ever changing, very balanced and luxurious. The best nose of the tasting, close to perfection. Seductive palate with a great attack and finish but a bit of a hole mid palate. Same aromatics but a bit less impressively staggered. Impeccable structural frame with fine tannins, medium+ tension, good, well integrated acidity and a nice creamy structure.
  
  Decanting: Good from the go, didn‘t need any extensive decanting.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 94 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:
  Roasted coffee beans, matchstick, dark chocolate, fine spices and seasonings as well as herbal notes present a very complete aromatic picture. You could tell immediately that this was a different level. Also a nice and harmonious palate that leaves not that much to wish for, except that maybe it was already starting to thin out a bit.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1955
• Type Red
• Producer Château Mouton Rothschild
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac

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• In Cellars 347 (81%)
• Consumed 77 (18%)

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