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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1875
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Level: into neck; recorked, capsuled, and labelled by the Château in 1992
Provenance: the cellar of Mme Teysonneau-Zamboni, sold at Christie's 27 September 1979.
1875 was one of the most delicately exquisite of all the great pre-phylloxera vintages, quite the opposite to the robust, tannic 1865 and 1870; indeed so light and delicate that many, possibly most, English wine merchants of the time refused to buy as the style would not meet their customer's expectations and, with less reason, that the wines would be too fragile to last. They were wrong. The 1875's kept beautifully. Several notes. Fragrant and exquisite. MB
1 bottle per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Level: into neck; recorked, capsuled, and labelled by the Château in 1992
Provenance: the cellar of Mme Teysonneau-Zamboni, sold at Christie's 27 September 1979.
1875 was one of the most delicately exquisite of all the great pre-phylloxera vintages, quite the opposite to the robust, tannic 1865 and 1870; indeed so light and delicate that many, possibly most, English wine merchants of the time refused to buy as the style would not meet their customer's expectations and, with less reason, that the wines would be too fragile to last. They were wrong. The 1875's kept beautifully. Several notes. Fragrant and exquisite. MB
1 bottle per lot