April 2, 2019 - No formal note. But an excellent wine. Part of their late release and recroked series. Fantastic condition and so much life for a 40 year old wine. There is some fruit remaining and lots of nice secondary aromas. Excellent value. Drank to celebrate Shreyas and Christina promotions.
May 12, 2017 - Tobacco, leather, coffee. Smooth, silky, long lasting taste. Very good wine
March 31, 2015 - Argh - when I picked up the bottle I noticed the cork was already in the bottle. The wine was quite maderized but somehow drinkable. I chose to pour it down the drain.
February 2, 2013 - Very good nose of old Margaux when it is best, farmyard, leather. Not many tanins left, well structured but not as complex as Brane Cantenac in same year.
September 15, 2012 - Tasted together with Brane Cantenac 1978 and 1998. The smell was a little bit more simple and less complex than the Brane Cantenac 78, but still very good with notes of leather, cigarbox, earth. The taste is very smooth, not many tanins left and you do not doubt that it is an old Margaux. Very worth drinking for the next couple of years
August 24, 2012 - Medium garnet in color with yellowing and bricking towards the rim. This is very much alive. Wet leaves, forest floor, sweet tobacco, raspberry, red cherry, vanilla, and white flowers on the nose. There is a lot of sweetly perfumed classic Margaux aromatics. Secondary and tertiary notes dominate but there is still a lot of fruit left here. Roasted meat, cherry, raspberry on the palate compliment the high acidity here with enough fruit to make it work. Very representative of a good older Margaux.
July 31, 2012 - This is an amazing wine, classic Margaux, not the same complexity as 1978 Brane Cantenac but almost as good. The wine wakes up after an hour and last for at least 5 hours
April 29, 2012 - Opens after half an hour, long lasting smell and taste, smooth with not many tannins left, typical old margaux, very good wine
March 12, 2009 - Brown in color and much more alive then the other older wine that I have had. The nose is open and full of raspberry, dirty sock and oak. On the palate it is like chewing old wet redwood with raspberries while accompanied with Shitaki mushrooms and peppercorn.
March 12, 2009 - Decanted 5 hours this time. MUCH smoother aromas of forest floor, swampy water, pine cone sap, mint, eucalyptus. Bright sour cherry and raspberry in the mouth, high acidity, transitioning to lots of bubble gum flavor along with slight mustiness. Bubble gum covered in dirt on the finish, with again nice tannins present. Nice lingering acidity with cherry flavor. This is a much better bottle than the last and it's probably more than just the increased decant time. This even got better going on an additional two hours open... decant 8 hours next time?