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Thursday, January 8, 2015 - Holiday dinner with Washington DC Winos (Ripple Restaurant in Washington D.C.): This could go to 100 but for the comparisons with Latour 62 and notably 59, I will stick to a 98 points wine. Don't you hate numbers? I do, too, but then again, what the heck. Correction! This was NOT "popped and poured" as I had previously indicated, but rather opened the day before, which proves just how slow its evolution is... With black cassis, dark fruits in its enveloping and pronounced aromatics that grew more and more complex as the wine sat in glass. The palate is full bodied without being so in a "New World" fashion, that is to say, elegant and refined and yet so tannic and powerful at the same time. Going back to the Margaux, Mouton just seems to have so much more "going on" in this vintage. It is a beguiling wine that will reward further aging (and it has the tannin to age for a loooooong time) in your cellar, but can certainly be thoroughly enjoyed today. I would suggest decanting. It was interesting to return to it, after tasting Latour 1959 and 1962, and sense its sheer youthfulness and vigor by comparison - and what holds such promise for further cellaring.

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