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1967 Château Talbot
9/2/2017 - HoosierAmphorae wrote: flawed
Mold within capsule. Cork 100% saturated and crumbled.
Undrinkable.
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1979 Château Talbot
9/2/2017 - HoosierAmphorae Likes this wine: 91 Points
Part of a Talbot vertical (67, 79, 81, 96). Cork 3/4 saturated. Surprisingly robust for this vintage, tight from the start with heavy alcohol and spice up front. Surprisingly, opened up nicely 15-30 minutes in. Cedar, moss, clay, oriental spice and a hint of camphor. Pleasantly surprised by the 79, not quite as balanced as 81 in this tasting.
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1981 Château Talbot
9/2/2017 - HoosierAmphorae Likes this wine: 92 Points
Part of Talbot vertical 67, 79, 81, 96. Extremely well balanced. My favorite of the group. Classic Talbot characteristics of tobacco, leather, ripe dark plum, clay and a hint of dirty straw (the good type of dirty, like the bits of straw with dust on it that is left on your clothes after sitting in a barn). A slight bit less robust than the last 1981 I tried 4 years ago. Likely waning out of it's drinking window.
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