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LA MISSION HAUT BRION 1961 IN MAGNUMS
VINTAGE 1961:
A short period of intense cold at the end of May caused "exceptional coulure". A hot summer, but above all very dry (the driest on record), and a very fine September yielded a harvest with a maturity and concentration that are simply exceptional.
A POWERHOUSE OF A WINE
Saturated color with an ever so slight turning of color at the edge. Powerful aromatics, rich and dense. Upon initial pour the attack is intense, minerally, but tight as a carpenters clamp. It needs time to open. Later: baked brown sugar, this is a familiar note with me on the '61, molassas, more minerals than a rock slide. Its overall structure is massive. Lowish acidity and finishes dry and masculine. Flavors of bitter chocolate, iron and sweet molassas like fruit...in more time a note of forest floor. Lest it not be clear this remains as one of the finest '61 I've tasted. In this vintage it is completely different than its stablemate from across the road, that being Haut Brion. A terrific powerhouse of a wine from the year Man lept into outerspace. Many years of life ahead. May 2005 ST
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1961
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: into neck; Chateau embossed lead capsule cut for inspection, chateau vintage branded cork clearly visible; two nicked labels, one very lightly bin soiled label, two with Barton & Gustier slip labels
"Absolutely stunning! Last tasted 10/94." Robert Parker, Bodeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
3 magnums per lot
VINTAGE 1961:
A short period of intense cold at the end of May caused "exceptional coulure". A hot summer, but above all very dry (the driest on record), and a very fine September yielded a harvest with a maturity and concentration that are simply exceptional.
A POWERHOUSE OF A WINE
Saturated color with an ever so slight turning of color at the edge. Powerful aromatics, rich and dense. Upon initial pour the attack is intense, minerally, but tight as a carpenters clamp. It needs time to open. Later: baked brown sugar, this is a familiar note with me on the '61, molassas, more minerals than a rock slide. Its overall structure is massive. Lowish acidity and finishes dry and masculine. Flavors of bitter chocolate, iron and sweet molassas like fruit...in more time a note of forest floor. Lest it not be clear this remains as one of the finest '61 I've tasted. In this vintage it is completely different than its stablemate from across the road, that being Haut Brion. A terrific powerhouse of a wine from the year Man lept into outerspace. Many years of life ahead. May 2005 ST
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1961
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: into neck; Chateau embossed lead capsule cut for inspection, chateau vintage branded cork clearly visible; two nicked labels, one very lightly bin soiled label, two with Barton & Gustier slip labels
"Absolutely stunning! Last tasted 10/94." Robert Parker, Bodeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
3 magnums per lot