1949 Château La Tour Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  9/12/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points

  There are some vestiges of red fruits remaining, but you need to look deep inside all the cedar, tobacco leaf, cigar box, and tobacco smoke to find them. The finish is short, but such is life when a wine is almost 73 years of age.

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  8/15/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 87 Points

  File this under the "Wines I never thought I'd taste category," this must have been a beauty in its youth. Smoky, earthy, tar, leather, herbs, green leaf and wet forest floor notes held court over the remaining red fruits. A little rustic, this is a nice example of a classic, old-school, fading claret that was probably a lot of fun to taste during its hey-day.

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