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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1955
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: one very top and two top shoulder; badly bin soiled and loose labels
"Vying with the '29 as the greatest vintage of La Mission. I had hardly heard of the Woltners when I first tasted it, but many notes later, through the 1970s and 1980s, confirmed its status. Three noted in the last decade; a deeply coloured; vigorous and 'stably' bouquet, gloriously tangy and high toned, dining with the Lloyd-Webbers in 1994; at 50 years of age, a gloriously rich, fragrant bottle; full-bodied, fabulous flavour, still tannic at Peter Ziegler's in 1995. Lastly a magnum, displaying its characteristic tobacco-like gravelly flavour, very sweet, full, rich, spicy. Last noted at Christian Sveass' dinner in Oslo, April 1996 ***** MB, Vintage Wine
3 bottles per lot
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: one very top and two top shoulder; badly bin soiled and loose labels
"Vying with the '29 as the greatest vintage of La Mission. I had hardly heard of the Woltners when I first tasted it, but many notes later, through the 1970s and 1980s, confirmed its status. Three noted in the last decade; a deeply coloured; vigorous and 'stably' bouquet, gloriously tangy and high toned, dining with the Lloyd-Webbers in 1994; at 50 years of age, a gloriously rich, fragrant bottle; full-bodied, fabulous flavour, still tannic at Peter Ziegler's in 1995. Lastly a magnum, displaying its characteristic tobacco-like gravelly flavour, very sweet, full, rich, spicy. Last noted at Christian Sveass' dinner in Oslo, April 1996 ***** MB, Vintage Wine
3 bottles per lot