1969 Château Margaux

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  9/3/2022 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Winapalooza VI; 9/2/2022-9/4/2022 (Atlanta): Our first wine of day 2! I did not know what to expect with this wine, my birth year, but I always enjoy old wines even just for the experience. Luckily, this turned out to be decent to drink too.
  Bought at auction. Cork fully intact but soaked to the top. Moldy under the capsule. Label was stained, fill was good.
  Translucent garnet and brownish tinge in color with golden rim. Beautiful nose even at pnp.
  On first sip there was a metallic off taste but this blew off after about 20 min. Still some fruit, somewhat stewed in nature, but overall very pleasant. But we soon moved on to dinner and younger wines.
  Saved 8oz for day 3 and wow!!!! The fruit woke up and seemed younger, fresher, red berries, leather, tobacco. Would never have guessed the age. And would never have thought this would hold up and even improve. Old wines never cease to amaze.

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  9/3/2022 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 91 Points

  DQ's birth year wine she was so gracious to share with me this afternoon. The Durand brought the entirely saturated (from head to toe cork) out in one nice solid piece. Pnp'd into a glass carefully due to prodigious sediment.
  
  The nose alone is a 94 for me. Wonderful aged Bdx fruit, maybe a hint of raisin, stewed plums and the requisite leather, mushroom, etc.
  
  The palate is maybe an 88 for me. The wine has excellent clarity when sediment is handled carefully. It's nice and clean in the glass, definitely bricky. There's fading fruit with a hint of a tart ending. Still some light tannins present and a modicum of acidity. Thanks so much for sharing this one with me Jen!

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  9/11/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Epic Bordeaux for an Epic Birthday!; 9/1/2021-9/12/2021 (Paris & Bordeaux): There was some initial concern on this wine mostly because it had quite the trip to make it to this table (including a back and forth between London and Paris twice although thankfully when the weather was on the cooler side). Perhaps it's a bit tossed up as a result, but honestly I still thought it was lovely. There's just a touch of that plushy, more red velvet that I associate with Margaux. A strong showing and a wine I'd happily order again.

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  8/23/2020 - pavel_p wrote: 85 Points

  While the shrinking cork dropped into the bottle some time ago, the foil sealed this bottle perfectly as demonstrated by the bottom neck fill with no sign of leakage. Transparent garnet without browning, on the palate however very light, reflecting the very challenging 69 vintage, light dried fruit, well integrated acidity, some forest floor, tannins melted, short finish. Held up quite well over 90 min it took us to finish the bottle, and did not fall apart.
  I think this bottle was correct despite the cork issue.

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  9/8/2019 - Sleepy Dave wrote:

  2nd time had this and still as good as the 1st bottles. Even on Margaux website stated 69 should be bye bye already but to our surprise both bottle we’re drinking fabulously. Lovely complex aromas of Chalk, graphite, violet, black currant. Soft elegant on the palate. Still possesses decent acidity and fruits. Fully matured and integrated, light spiciness tailing at the end. This has amazing transparency and purity. Long and engaging. Again proved that there is not great wine but great bottle at this age.

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