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Château Pétrus--Vintage 1961
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel.
High-to-top-shoulder level, deep color, excellent label
"Leaving aside the fact that this is one of the excessively
priced stars of the international saleroom, a pretty good
mouthful of wine. 'Rich' in well over a dozen notes since
1967; 'black as Egypt's night', even after 18 years in bottle:
magnificently opulent on nose and palate. From then on:
appearance consistently deep and velvety though now showing signs of
maturity; a bouquet that defies description, "rich ripe mulberry
Merlot" noted regularly, also, after time in the glass, scented,
spicy, vegetal, wholemeal, and then a sort of tarry cinnamon.
Very sweet, immensely full-bodied, firm yet fleshy, velvety, with
high extract masking tannin, lovely texture, slightly chocolaty,
crammed with fruit. Worth every penny...Last noted at the
'Stockholm' Group tasting, April 1990. Five stars. Magnificent now,
and no end in sight." JMB
1 bottle per lot
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel.
High-to-top-shoulder level, deep color, excellent label
"Leaving aside the fact that this is one of the excessively
priced stars of the international saleroom, a pretty good
mouthful of wine. 'Rich' in well over a dozen notes since
1967; 'black as Egypt's night', even after 18 years in bottle:
magnificently opulent on nose and palate. From then on:
appearance consistently deep and velvety though now showing signs of
maturity; a bouquet that defies description, "rich ripe mulberry
Merlot" noted regularly, also, after time in the glass, scented,
spicy, vegetal, wholemeal, and then a sort of tarry cinnamon.
Very sweet, immensely full-bodied, firm yet fleshy, velvety, with
high extract masking tannin, lovely texture, slightly chocolaty,
crammed with fruit. Worth every penny...Last noted at the
'Stockholm' Group tasting, April 1990. Five stars. Magnificent now,
and no end in sight." JMB
1 bottle per lot
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