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Château Mouton-Rothschild--Vintage 1945
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Lot 444 level: very top shoulder; nicked capsule, lightly corroded and damage capsule, Réserve du Château label, slightly stained label. Lot 445 level: bottom neck; Château bottle, Réserve du Château label, stained label. Lot 446 level: into neck; Réserve du Château label, slightly faded label. Lot 447 levels: upper/top shoulder; capsule cut for inspection, Château and vintage branded cork, one bin soiled and faded label, corroded and torn capsule, missing vintage neck tag, one Heavily tissue stained label, lightly corroded capsule, slightly depressed cork, serial # 62930, 72093. Lot 448 levels: bottom neck; cut capsule, Rebouché 1985, one Nicolas stamped label, one upside down "Victory" neck label, badly torn labels, bin soiled labels.
"I originally coined the phrase 'a Churchill of a wine,' meaning larger than life, immediately recognisable, complex, endlessly fascinating, unforgettable. The first thing to notice is its extraordinary colour. I have on more than one occasion recognised the wine by this alone. and its bouquet is equally distinctive, in fact one of the most astonishing smells ever to emerge from grapes grown out of doors. The power and spiciness surges out of the glass like a sudden eruption of Mount Etna: cinnamon, eucalyptus, ginger, 'Friars Balsam' (noted once!). Impossible to describe but inimitable, incomparable, and, because of this and its appearance, several times 'guessed' blind. There is simply no other wine like it. Its taste is a component of smell, its fragrance is reflected on the palate. Still lovely, still vivacious. Seemingly tireless-indeed another half century anticipated. Last tasted blind, and immediately recognised, at Wilfred Jaeger's mountain-top late lunch, June 2001 ****** (6 stars)" MB, Vintage Wines
1 magnum per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Lot 444 level: very top shoulder; nicked capsule, lightly corroded and damage capsule, Réserve du Château label, slightly stained label. Lot 445 level: bottom neck; Château bottle, Réserve du Château label, stained label. Lot 446 level: into neck; Réserve du Château label, slightly faded label. Lot 447 levels: upper/top shoulder; capsule cut for inspection, Château and vintage branded cork, one bin soiled and faded label, corroded and torn capsule, missing vintage neck tag, one Heavily tissue stained label, lightly corroded capsule, slightly depressed cork, serial # 62930, 72093. Lot 448 levels: bottom neck; cut capsule, Rebouché 1985, one Nicolas stamped label, one upside down "Victory" neck label, badly torn labels, bin soiled labels.
"I originally coined the phrase 'a Churchill of a wine,' meaning larger than life, immediately recognisable, complex, endlessly fascinating, unforgettable. The first thing to notice is its extraordinary colour. I have on more than one occasion recognised the wine by this alone. and its bouquet is equally distinctive, in fact one of the most astonishing smells ever to emerge from grapes grown out of doors. The power and spiciness surges out of the glass like a sudden eruption of Mount Etna: cinnamon, eucalyptus, ginger, 'Friars Balsam' (noted once!). Impossible to describe but inimitable, incomparable, and, because of this and its appearance, several times 'guessed' blind. There is simply no other wine like it. Its taste is a component of smell, its fragrance is reflected on the palate. Still lovely, still vivacious. Seemingly tireless-indeed another half century anticipated. Last tasted blind, and immediately recognised, at Wilfred Jaeger's mountain-top late lunch, June 2001 ****** (6 stars)" MB, Vintage Wines
1 magnum per lot
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