CLASSED-GROWTH CLARET OF THE SUPERB 1961 VINTAGE Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD) Château Latour--Vintage 1961 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Lots 4 to 6 slightly corroded capsules. Lots 4 and 5 discoloured and stained labels. Levels base of neck. Lot 6 bin-soiled and stained label. Level top-shoulder. Lots 7 and 8 bin-soiled and stained labels. Levels upper-shoulder Tasting Note: Immensely impressive, beautifully balanced but, not surprisingly, 'still severe' when first tasted in the autumn of 1968. Its great depth of colour, concentrated magnificence, richness and length noted throughout the 1970s - but slow to evolve. On two occasions in the 1980s, I gave it 6 stars, 4 for its impressiveness, 2 for future splendour. Of the eight recent notes, its depth of colour is the first thing one notices, and its nose, rather like a Lafite's, is a bit slow to open up. Surprisingly sweet too yet a very tannic finish (at Aschau in 1994)....At the La Reserve tasting, despite its extraordinary sweet, nose-filling bouquet, a mammoth wine, all the component parts excessively represented. Most recently, a superb bottle at Josh Latner's dinner. Last tasted Jan 2000 ****(**). Another half century of life. M.B. 1 bottle per lot
CLASSED-GROWTH CLARET OF THE SUPERB 1961 VINTAGE Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD) Château Latour--Vintage 1961 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Lots 4 to 6 slightly corroded capsules. Lots 4 and 5 discoloured and stained labels. Levels base of neck. Lot 6 bin-soiled and stained label. Level top-shoulder. Lots 7 and 8 bin-soiled and stained labels. Levels upper-shoulder Tasting Note: Immensely impressive, beautifully balanced but, not surprisingly, 'still severe' when first tasted in the autumn of 1968. Its great depth of colour, concentrated magnificence, richness and length noted throughout the 1970s - but slow to evolve. On two occasions in the 1980s, I gave it 6 stars, 4 for its impressiveness, 2 for future splendour. Of the eight recent notes, its depth of colour is the first thing one notices, and its nose, rather like a Lafite's, is a bit slow to open up. Surprisingly sweet too yet a very tannic finish (at Aschau in 1994)....At the La Reserve tasting, despite its extraordinary sweet, nose-filling bouquet, a mammoth wine, all the component parts excessively represented. Most recently, a superb bottle at Josh Latner's dinner. Last tasted Jan 2000 ****(**). Another half century of life. M.B. 1 bottle per lot
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