1966 Château Haut-Bailly

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  11/20/2020 - blanquito wrote: 93 Points

  Another brilliant bottle of this, if not quite the 95+ pt version from last year. Sensational, complex, exotic nose with baking spices, old black tea, scented candles, super minty, sous bois and leather, tomato leaf, and some green pepper. Like Ted said, the palate isn't on par with the bouquet as it lacks a little energy and is diffuse, but still silky and food friendly. This version is probably like a 93 pt wine tonight, but still so lovely and sniffable.

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  11/14/2020 - andtheodor wrote:

  While not up to the bottle a year ago, this is still a classy old Bordeaux. Aromatically it's almost as good as it gets; capsicum, dried mint, cigars, chocolate, black tea, cooked plum, and a little stewed tomato, just funky, wild and wonderful. The palate doesn't quite live up to the promise of the nose but it's very tender (maybe even a little too soft), old tobacco, cedar, earth, essentially no fruit left, tastes like an antique shop. A very good drop.

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  9/18/2020 - Burgnick wrote: 90 Points

  Green pepper, earth, funk, tobacco and dark fruit. Not as clean as the 34 or 78. Still very fresh for its age.

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  3/22/2020 - Marc C Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nez immédiatement séduisant dans un registre fumé : paprika, poivron rouge, pierre chaude, thé noir fumé, poivre noir avec également un peu de cuir. Très beau même si ce n'est pas le plus beau nez de bordeaux évolué que j'ai pu croiser. Il a tenu la note pendant une bonne heure à partir du premier service avec un pic durant les premières 30 min
  Bouche très agréable, sphérique, sans aspérité avec une matière de densité moyenne très plaisante, élégante. Cet ensemble est loin d'être assoupi, il présente de la dynamique de la fraîcheur qui le rendent totalement irrésistible à table. L'équilibre est vraiment superbe.
  Longue finale qu'on voudrait plus intense tant la bouche est enthousiasmante, mais qui reste très agréable.
  
  On s'est régalé avec cette bouteille qui n'aura pas survécu au repas ! Il manquait un rien de densité et de complexité pour avoir un grand vin, je pense.

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  3/9/2019 - Bordhead2000 Likes this wine:

  Depressed cork, stained label. I thought maybe some signs of seepage, but the ullage was near perfect with a base neck fill. Removed the cork with a Durand, and it didn’t break at all.
  
  The color was excellent for 53 year old wine. Stilll red with just some bricking. No brown.
  
  Nose was sweet caramel, cigar box, and muted raspberry.
  
  The mouth feel was pleasant. It was quite smooth. There was great balanced acidity and a faint call from tannins that drifted into a finish. I would do it again.

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