1 magnum per lot
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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1945
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Level: into neck; Nicolas label; faded and lightly nicked label; recorked in 1978
"Again, a superb wine, possibly the best ever Haut Brion. That great taster Harry Waugh merely wrote "Really good, heavenly wine". This was in 1953, and as always, his judgement was unerring. To describe all its virtues and nuances is impossible: consistently deep in colour, "warm ruby" quite recently noted, with a rich, mahogany mature rim; its bouquet fragrant of course. Scanning my notes, "vanilla chocolate", tobacco, earthy, harmonious, honeycomb, touch of liquorice; silky texture, crisp fruit, luscious, perfect weight, great length. A gentle giant...*****" MB, Vintage Wine
1 magnum per lot
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Level: into neck; Nicolas label; faded and lightly nicked label; recorked in 1978
"Again, a superb wine, possibly the best ever Haut Brion. That great taster Harry Waugh merely wrote "Really good, heavenly wine". This was in 1953, and as always, his judgement was unerring. To describe all its virtues and nuances is impossible: consistently deep in colour, "warm ruby" quite recently noted, with a rich, mahogany mature rim; its bouquet fragrant of course. Scanning my notes, "vanilla chocolate", tobacco, earthy, harmonious, honeycomb, touch of liquorice; silky texture, crisp fruit, luscious, perfect weight, great length. A gentle giant...*****" MB, Vintage Wine
1 magnum per lot