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• Cailles wrote: 91 points

  October 17, 2021 - 30x 1955 & 1961 (mostly Bdx): Tasted single blind. Taste-off between the 1955 and 1961 vintages. Another wine for the 1955 (91 pts) which had a superb nutty nose but was missing a bit of depth on the palate. The 1961 (rates 86 pts) showed lots of intensity but with lots of dried fruit and some oxidation notes as well as a bit too much acidity. Not death yet but this bottle was clearly on is last legs. The Rausan Seglas we had in the same flight showed better.
  
  TN: Super nose with lots of Latour-like nuttiness and dark fruit underneath. This is the highlight here. Very seducing and inviting. Round, soft and harmonious on the palate which boasts dark and red fruit, nuts and some old leather. Not overly complex but with well integrated tannins and acidity, missing a tad of creaminess.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted. Improved in the glass and could have used a bit of air.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 90 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:
  Black coffee, ripe and pretty extracted fruit. Great tension and freshness on the palate, but the integrity of the aromatics seemed impaired by the age. Showing well against the '61.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1955
• Type Red
• Producer Château Rauzan-Gassies
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Margaux

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