A TRIO OF CRU CLASSE BORDEAUX VINTAGE 1961 JEROBOAMS
Château Latour--Vintage 1961

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Vintage 1961 *****

A great vintage often compared to the 1945 for the two have several things in common. First of all, nature did the pruning: frosts severely reducing the potential crop in 1945 and heavy rain washing away the pollen in 1961. Though there was persistent rain in July, there was drought in August, followed by a very sunny September which resulted in a harvest of small, thick-skinned, well-nourished grapes in turn producing deeply coloured, ripe but concentrated and tannic wines. Opinions vary, some sure of the'61s superiority, some- as I do- considering the'45s greater. The risk is that the tannin well outlive the fruit, Nevertheless some fabulous wines made. With well over a thousand individual notes on '61s, I have to be ruthless in my selection. MB, Vintage Wine

Château Latour--Vintage 1961
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Pristine
In original wooden case
"Of the eight recent notes, its depth of colour is the first thing one notices, and its nose, rather like Lafite's is a bit slow to open up, Suprisingly sweet too yet a very tannic finish (at Aschau in 1994). In 1997, a corky, woody bottle at a Saintbury Club dinner. It was helped along by the cheese souffle. At the La Réserve 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." MB, Vintage Wine
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