Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Sunday, 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: Dried, port-like fruit and oxidation notes on the nose and palate. More teritary aromas complement the picutre on the palate which is very fresh but too acidic towards the finish. Good intensity but not overly complex or precise. Overall missing a bit of balance.

Decanting: Not decanted. This deteriorated a bit with air.

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