1971 Mouton Cadet

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 94 points

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  3/2/2024 - Octavian_Valkamo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  HAUNTINGLY excellent wine from Baron Philippe de Rothschild.
  
  Fill level: bottom neck.
  
  Cork was so wet it fell to bottle, but I decanted through coffee filter.
  
  Color: brick, very light, orange and stunning.
  
  First nose: smoke, old wood, wet leaves, spicy pepper, like an old pinot noir.
  Then the fruit hits: sour raspberry and velvety vanilla-chocolate.
  
  Palate: initially smoky, peppery and spicy on the front then mid palate lingers with a velvety chocolatiness and the acidity is there, tannins are very soft. Finishes mid length at some cocoa/vanilla and spicy tones with a raspberry finish.
  
  Great way to celebrate a birthday, I am truly lucky with this individual bottle, how well it was stored, how I got on auction for almost nothing and how good it tasted.
  
  After about 30 minutes in the glass the wine faded, but it held in the decanter for the 3-4 hours we drank it, so every time we poured new glasses from the carafe, the wine was very alive.
  
  My previous old Bordeaux experience was a Medoc from the legendary 1982 vintage, but this wine was truly something special. I almost feel bad leaving a "94 point" review, since it doesn't do this specific bottle nearly justice but it should give a guide to future buyers seeing a mid neck or bottom neck bottle with no signs of leakage.
  
  A truly stunning wine, thank you Baron Philippe de Rothschild for making such an incredible wine!

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