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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1899
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Recorked at the Château in 1981. Slightly stained label. Level base of neck
Tasting Note: Eight notes. Even in a vintage like this, Lafite sold their wine in bulk (by the tonneau, four barriques yielding approximately 100 dozen bottles) to Bordeaux négociants for bottling or shipping on to other merchants. The first I tasted in 1971, had been bottled by Louis Mortier: light, refined, beautiful flavour. An exquisite bottle at the Overton tasting in 1979 and a rather varnishy one at Lloyd Flatt's in 1988. More recently, a spectacular, recorked, double magnum: fragrant, gentle, beautifully balanced. Last noted at Walter Eigensatz's tasting, May 1999 At best ***** M.B.
1 bottle per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Recorked at the Château in 1981. Slightly stained label. Level base of neck
Tasting Note: Eight notes. Even in a vintage like this, Lafite sold their wine in bulk (by the tonneau, four barriques yielding approximately 100 dozen bottles) to Bordeaux négociants for bottling or shipping on to other merchants. The first I tasted in 1971, had been bottled by Louis Mortier: light, refined, beautiful flavour. An exquisite bottle at the Overton tasting in 1979 and a rather varnishy one at Lloyd Flatt's in 1988. More recently, a spectacular, recorked, double magnum: fragrant, gentle, beautifully balanced. Last noted at Walter Eigensatz's tasting, May 1999 At best ***** M.B.
1 bottle per lot
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