1959 Pierre Olivier Clos Vougeot

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  9/21/2019 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Under the Pierre Olivier negociant label with the shield indicating "Mise du Domaine Thomas Freres." I've had many gems from this duo from the Bern's list back in the day, but rarely see them in the wild, rarer still to find one in as good a shape as a Bern's bottle. But this still had a bright ruby hue through the glass and a fill barely 2 cm from the cork and the first taste left no room for doubt that this bottle had been stored as well as any. It was still full of sweet fruit heavy on kirsch-like flavors, reflecting either the overt ripeness of this famously "solar vintage" or a more direct infusion of kirschy grenache as was not uncommon in this period (although not, so far as I have ever been able to tell, from this producer) - and a darker, almost tarry element on the back end. Age has given it a gloss and a dense, grippy mouthfeel but it is still more about the fruit than anything.

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