1967 Château Cardinal Villemaurine St. Émilion Grand Cru

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  5/29/2019 - Barakahn Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Great Bordeaux nose! On palate overcompensates to surprisingly vibrant strawberry and cherry. Good acid and also tannins. Doesn't drink like a 52 yr old!
  Story is winey has changed ownership several times since 1967. A barrel of this was found with old bottles. Bottles were cleaned up and filled. Then new corks were installed. There was no encroachment of wine up the cork supporting this.

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  5/20/2019 - mpsocal Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This bottle was a very cool experience. I’ve never had anything like it. There was a hint of vinegar on the nose but the wine wasn’t off. It had some very unique flavors and a little acidity. Glad I got two.

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  5/15/2019 - magyarsvensk wrote:

  OWC, and doesn't appear to have been recorked, allegedly directly from the estate. This experience was different than the previous bottle. A well preserved St.-Emilion that defies its 50+ years in the bottle. Fleshy plum and red fruits, vanilla, toast, underbrush and smoke. Just a faint hint of the butterscotch that dominated the last bottle. Decently viscous with resolved tannins. Unfortunately, this batch may have been different from the previous one.

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  4/26/2019 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Ah, yes.
  
  Nose is pure butterscotch and/or caramel, possibly vanilla bean. Perfumed with a bit of underbrush. On the palate, plums, red currants, raspberries and vanilla. Very bright and long. Still some grip. Nice warmth.

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  2/9/2019 - JimTaft Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This is an incredible experience, a close family member just eased the (broken) cork out of this bottle. Expecting crap, is a revelation.
  
  High acid, full fruit, very soft tannins. Ruby red, slight brick around the edge, tasting real good and does not seem to be deteriorating.
  
  All this at 11.5% !!
  
  Hour and a half later, still giving pleasure. Still highly aeromatic, pumping out of the glass. Flavors linger, like five minutes between sips. Quite an experience, blessed.

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