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1964 Pétrus
5/4/2024 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 97 Points
High shoulder fill. No signs of seepage. The cork clearly took a disproportionate sampling of this wine - the bottom 1/2 inch was complete soaked through and the remainder of the cork had its out 1/8 of an inch of completely soaked. A strainer into a decanter was needed to separate the cork bits, even after use of an ah-so. Total sediment however was only about a half teaspoon. Color was just beginning to show signs of bricking and no orange. Initially a lot of Oak on the nose, which blew off within 15 minutes in the decanter. Back into the bottle for a second aeration with a rubber stopper inserted until dinner. At dinner, a couple hours later, it took the wine another 30 minutes to come around in the glass. The nose was interesting but far from exotic: ripe blueberries, some hints of mocha, tobacco, cedar, and hard leather. The palate was more expressive and if blind tasted I probably would have guessed a quality Right Bank wine of only 10 - 15 years. Ripe blueberries followed by a wave of slightly sour blueberries. Lurking throughout was the hard leather, tobacco, cedar and mocha. Velvety and lush on the center of the tongue with a simultaneous touch of nice food acidity on sides of the tongue - an distinct experience I don't recall with any other wine young or old. After the first 30 minutes, the wine did not change for the next 90+ minutes. My score includes 2 extra points for ageworthiness as I suspect this bottle would have showed similarly on its 70th birthday. My wife loved it more than I did, which is great because it was her birthday wine and she would have given it 97 points without any kicker points.
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1975 Château d'Yquem
4/12/2024 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 99 Points
The bottle was perfect in every way, label, cork (although soaked), capsule, and base neck fill. Golden. On the nose it would be easy to assume this wine was going to be too much to handle with heaps of glycerin and heavily botrytised fruits overpowering the palate, but the nose was deceiving. On the palate the perfect level of acidity brought this wine into perfect balance and harmony. The wine was completely refined and elegant with far less glycerin and sweetness of so many other stickies, including other vintages of Yquem. The rolling layers of flavors go so far beyond the traditional apricot marmalade and honey and includes spiced applesauce, tangerine marmalade, lemon rind, vanilla creme brulee and more that I just seem to get lost in as the velvety wine fills your entire palate and stays with you for at least 45 seconds afterwards. Is it a perfect wine, probably, but I'm giving it an extremely rare 99. I'll consider revisiting it for its 60th Bday.
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1983 Château Cheval Blanc
4/12/2024 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 96 Points
Base neck fill. Minimal air time. A tricky year for many producers in Bordeaux on both banks, but Cheval Blanc is clearly one of the winners of the vintage. Ripe blue and red fruits beautifully layered. Touches of green veggies and sweet Oak. An enveloping mouthfeel that was approaching a velvety caress. 30 second finish. Can't believe I haven't had this wine since 2010, but it has clearly held up beyond beautifully. An extra point for its ageworthiness.
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