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Château Cheval-Blanc--Vintage 1966
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A). Château-bottled
Bin-soiled and slightly damaged label. Level into neck
Tasting note: I have always preferred the '66 to the great '47 for though the latter is hugely impressive, the '66 is the epitome of elegance. Apart from a cask sample in November 1967, with an understandable touch of greenness and tannins, evolving splendidly through the 1980s, 5 stars appearing several times. Five encounters during the last decade, including a bottle served alongside the other first growth '66s at my Bordeaux Club dinner in 1994. Despite its poor crumbly cork it was delectable, frankly the best of the lot. No holding back the bouquet, an immediacy about its fragrance yet opening up even more gloriously. Very sweet, a lovely cedary flavour, good flesh and weight. Totally harmonious. A 5-star bottle at the centenary tasting in New York in 1996 and two splendid bottles provided by Dick Edmunds to celebrate his 30th year at Boodle's and mine at Christie's. The following year an elegant magnum with a scent so lively, fragrant, that I describe it as 'dancing' out of the glass. This was at Karl-Heinz Wolf's Cheval Blanc vertical, Monsieur Hébrard told us that the rendement was very low, 20hl/ha, and the alcoholic strength equally modest (12.2. What a contrast to the clumsy, packed with fruit, obvious wines so fashionable today, not only on the other side of the Atlantic. This is what claret is all about. Last tasted Sept 1997 ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A). Château-bottled
Bin-soiled and slightly damaged label. Level into neck
Tasting note: I have always preferred the '66 to the great '47 for though the latter is hugely impressive, the '66 is the epitome of elegance. Apart from a cask sample in November 1967, with an understandable touch of greenness and tannins, evolving splendidly through the 1980s, 5 stars appearing several times. Five encounters during the last decade, including a bottle served alongside the other first growth '66s at my Bordeaux Club dinner in 1994. Despite its poor crumbly cork it was delectable, frankly the best of the lot. No holding back the bouquet, an immediacy about its fragrance yet opening up even more gloriously. Very sweet, a lovely cedary flavour, good flesh and weight. Totally harmonious. A 5-star bottle at the centenary tasting in New York in 1996 and two splendid bottles provided by Dick Edmunds to celebrate his 30th year at Boodle's and mine at Christie's. The following year an elegant magnum with a scent so lively, fragrant, that I describe it as 'dancing' out of the glass. This was at Karl-Heinz Wolf's Cheval Blanc vertical, Monsieur Hébrard told us that the rendement was very low, 20hl/ha, and the alcoholic strength equally modest (12.2. What a contrast to the clumsy, packed with fruit, obvious wines so fashionable today, not only on the other side of the Atlantic. This is what claret is all about. Last tasted Sept 1997 ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
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