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Château Latour--Vintage 1970
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
John Harvey slip label. Bin-soiled label. Level top-shoulder
Tasting note: An immensely impressive wine, and 30 notes which seem hardly to vary from tasting in cask as early as Janaury 1971, and again in April 1972. Even making allowances for its understandably tannic grip, it refuses to budge. Tasted and drunk - most like chewed - in every conceivable circumstance. Like 'the Lion King' it visibly proclaims its power and importance. More recently, one can just detect a touch of maturity; its nose is almost impossible to describe because, unlike the Lion King, it hardly shows its head above the parapet. It needs days of decanting time and hours in the glass. Mouthfulling, concentrated, still very tannic. Perhaps one of the most bizarre combinations was its accompanying 'Sorgham molasses-roasted elk with sweet potatoes and huckleberry sauce', at Hal Lewis's Installation dinner, a Bacchus Society annual binge in Memphis, Tennessee (September 1999). Most recently noted at Zachys/Christie's Millenium Wine Dinner in New York. Last tasted May 1999 ***** It will be teasing some of you in 50 years' time. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 magnum per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
John Harvey slip label. Bin-soiled label. Level top-shoulder
Tasting note: An immensely impressive wine, and 30 notes which seem hardly to vary from tasting in cask as early as Janaury 1971, and again in April 1972. Even making allowances for its understandably tannic grip, it refuses to budge. Tasted and drunk - most like chewed - in every conceivable circumstance. Like 'the Lion King' it visibly proclaims its power and importance. More recently, one can just detect a touch of maturity; its nose is almost impossible to describe because, unlike the Lion King, it hardly shows its head above the parapet. It needs days of decanting time and hours in the glass. Mouthfulling, concentrated, still very tannic. Perhaps one of the most bizarre combinations was its accompanying 'Sorgham molasses-roasted elk with sweet potatoes and huckleberry sauce', at Hal Lewis's Installation dinner, a Bacchus Society annual binge in Memphis, Tennessee (September 1999). Most recently noted at Zachys/Christie's Millenium Wine Dinner in New York. Last tasted May 1999 ***** It will be teasing some of you in 50 years' time. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 magnum per lot
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