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1961 Lafite – Wine Spectator – April 30, 1996: Tasted from magnum. A really good, suave example of Lafite from a vintage in which it often tastes harsh and unyielding with tannins. This bottle blends spicy, nutmeglike aromas with abundant fruit flavors and meaty undertones. It is plenty firm and tannic, but not overly so….

1961 Lafite – Wine Spectator – April 30, 1996: Tasted from magnum. A really good, suave example of Lafite from a vintage in which it often tastes harsh and unyielding with tannins. This bottle blends spicy, nutmeglike aromas with abundant fruit flavors and meaty undertones. It is plenty firm and tannic, but not overly so….

1961 Lafite – Wine Spectator – April 30, 1996: Tasted from magnum. A really good, suave example of Lafite from a vintage in which it often tastes harsh and unyielding with tannins. This bottle blends spicy, nutmeglike aromas with abundant fruit flavors and meaty undertones. It is plenty firm and tannic, but not overly so….

1961 Latour – Wine Advocate 129; June 2000: Port-like, with an unctuous texture, and a dark garnet color with considerable amber at the edge, the 1961 Latour possesses a viscosity and thickness. One of the three bottles served at the Chateau’s tasting revealed a surprisingly aggressive, minty, herbaceous nose, but the other two bottles were…

1961 Latour – Wine Advocate 129; June 2000: Port-like, with an unctuous texture, and a dark garnet color with considerable amber at the edge, the 1961 Latour possesses a viscosity and thickness. One of the three bottles served at the Chateau’s tasting revealed a surprisingly aggressive, minty, herbaceous nose, but the other two bottles were…

1961 Leoville Las Cases – Wine Spectator – Issue: Feb 15, 1992: Although most observers find Las Cases to be among the least successful of the major chteaux in this classic vintage, this was big, rich and spicy, a mouth-filling wine with exotic, heady aromas and flavors that echoed on the finish. Still rough and…

1961 Leoville Las Cases – Wine Spectator – Issue: Feb 15, 1992: Although most observers find Las Cases to be among the least successful of the major chteaux in this classic vintage, this was big, rich and spicy, a mouth-filling wine with exotic, heady aromas and flavors that echoed on the finish. Still rough and…

While Chteau Margaux’s 1961 was the top wine of the flight, I have had greater bottles. Nevertheless, this was a superb example boasting a dark plum/garnet color with some amber at the edge, a remarkable fragrance filled with flowers, black currants, cedar, and spice, a big, expansive mouthfeel, and a long finish with a touch…