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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…

Chateau Lynch-Bages Fifth Growth, Cinquieme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac

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…

1961 Montrose – Wine Advocate # 95 – Oct 1994: Tasted 4 Times With Consistent NotesA stunning wine from a superb vintage, the 1961 Montrose is still in need of another 10 years of cellaring. The deep, opaque dark ruby color, the huge bouquet of ripe cassis fruit and mineral scents, the full-bodied, dense, compelling…

1961 Mouton – At its best the wine is a great Mouton. Huge, cedary, cassis, lead pencil, menthol-like aromas soared from the glass. The black/purple color revealed no signs of lightening or amber at the edge. Full-bodied, rich, and super-intense, this was an a profound bottle of 1961 Mouton that would have stood up against…

Chateau Pavie, Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Second Growth, Deuxieme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac