Charity Auction Dinner with Ancient French Rarities--1924 to 1979 (RN 74, San Francisco): Medium golden with some orange. Oh my goodness! The freshness and purity of this bottle are astounding. Medium weight, totally clean and botrytis-free, essence of creme brulee, moderately sweet, great acidity and it still has piquant citrus fruit. I do not love Sauternes, but this was exceptional at 88 years of age-a great, great dessert wine that outperformed the slightly younger wine from a more exalted vintage.
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unrated; Crisp and clean, rebottled in 2003. nose of citrus, quinine. apricot. incredibly rich and decadent in the mouth. a real pleasure and a beautiful choice for a birthday wine for a grandparent!
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6/11/2016 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
this has not a lot of weight - but is quite pleasant and elegant.
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5/1/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Charity Auction Dinner with Ancient French Rarities--1924 to 1979 (RN 74, San Francisco): Medium golden with some orange. Oh my goodness! The freshness and purity of this bottle are astounding. Medium weight, totally clean and botrytis-free, essence of creme brulee, moderately sweet, great acidity and it still has piquant citrus fruit. I do not love Sauternes, but this was exceptional at 88 years of age-a great, great dessert wine that outperformed the slightly younger wine from a more exalted vintage.
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12/25/2006 - adammc wrote:
unrated; Crisp and clean, rebottled in 2003. nose of citrus, quinine. apricot. incredibly rich and decadent in the mouth. a real pleasure and a beautiful choice for a birthday wine for a grandparent!
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4/27/2006 - Rupert wrote:
Lots of small tastes of some very grand wines (Royal Academy, London): Would never have guessed this was so old - mature, but complex and alive [90]
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