1966 Château Durfort-Vivens

Community Tasting Notes (2) Median Score: 89 points

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  5/2/2018 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 95 Points

  What a wonderful wine, and the reason why bordeaux is so special.
  
  Part of the 2001 late release edition, so has a new cork, the wine was crystal clear and sediment free. You would never guess this was a 50+ year old wine from its looks. A wonderful mature nose that is warm and full of tobacco. To drink, this is so smooth and so elegant. It was just so easy to consume.
  
  I absolutely adored this wine and without doubt the WOTN verses some very strong competition.
  
  Drank with Chairman of WT and SW and SM

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  11/27/2012 - NewFrenchClaret Does not like this wine: 55 Points

  The night of hell: This bottle was in outstanding condition, cork came out in one. Color was a lovely deep red so I had high hopes. Unfortunately the wine was total garbage. Horribly out-of-balance. Many smells- all of them bad. No desire to stick my nose in for a more detailed tasting note.
  
  In my opinion the wine was not corked or otherwise tainted. I believe this was just poor to start with and has got worse over time. It's a shame, because I rather like Durfort-Vivens today. I can't think why this wine was so dreadful- I think it was just made on a shoestring.

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