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Château Margaux--Vintage 1900
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Château-bottled. Very damaged wax capsule. Recorked by Whitwhams in 1981. Original cork. U.S. strip label. Good label. Level top-shoulder
Tasting Note: The finest Margaux of the century. I first tasted it in 1969, its bouquet reminding me, among other things, of deep, rich Burgundy. A couple of years later, shipped by de Luze but château-bottled, noting its impressively deep colour; deep yet delicate and 'velvety' fragrance; silky, beautifully balanced: a perfect wine. Two equally perfect bottles in 1987, then a curious dried out double magnum in Hamburg (1993), and, more recently, three virtually flawless bottles all tasted on totally different occasions and all, coincidentally, with Barton & Guestier labels, two stating clearly that they were 'reconditioned and recorked' by B & G. The first, in January 2000, at a spectacular dinner given by Joshua Latner at the Lanesborough Hotel in London, the second at Manfred Wagner's Margaux tasting in Zurich, the last at a Rodenstock dinner at the Konigshof Hotel in Munich. No point in describing each of them, they were all superb, with the same surging fragrance, Margaux at its very best; sweet, still perfectly balanced, the flavour many-layered. The loveliest of drinks. Last tasted March 2001. All ***** M.B.
1 bottle per lot
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Château-bottled. Very damaged wax capsule. Recorked by Whitwhams in 1981. Original cork. U.S. strip label. Good label. Level top-shoulder
Tasting Note: The finest Margaux of the century. I first tasted it in 1969, its bouquet reminding me, among other things, of deep, rich Burgundy. A couple of years later, shipped by de Luze but château-bottled, noting its impressively deep colour; deep yet delicate and 'velvety' fragrance; silky, beautifully balanced: a perfect wine. Two equally perfect bottles in 1987, then a curious dried out double magnum in Hamburg (1993), and, more recently, three virtually flawless bottles all tasted on totally different occasions and all, coincidentally, with Barton & Guestier labels, two stating clearly that they were 'reconditioned and recorked' by B & G. The first, in January 2000, at a spectacular dinner given by Joshua Latner at the Lanesborough Hotel in London, the second at Manfred Wagner's Margaux tasting in Zurich, the last at a Rodenstock dinner at the Konigshof Hotel in Munich. No point in describing each of them, they were all superb, with the same surging fragrance, Margaux at its very best; sweet, still perfectly balanced, the flavour many-layered. The loveliest of drinks. Last tasted March 2001. All ***** M.B.
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