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Hermitage, La Chapelle--Vintage 1961
Rhône, Jaboulet
Level: 3cm; bin soiled label
Robert Mayberry's pioneering (now very rare) book 'Wines of the Rhône Valley - A Guide to Origins' (Rowman & Littlefield, New Jersey 1987) has a fine description of this famous wine "whose balanced concentration does not preclude a certain softness. With age come spices, increasing tarriness, truffles, salt, and a wet seaside-sand sort of rottenness still founded on ripe fruit that makes years like 1961 in their maturity resemble Pomerol." This is certainly mature, but shows no signs of deterioration. It is surely one of the greatest Hermitage made last century. AH
1 bottle per lot
Rhône, Jaboulet
Level: 3cm; bin soiled label
Robert Mayberry's pioneering (now very rare) book 'Wines of the Rhône Valley - A Guide to Origins' (Rowman & Littlefield, New Jersey 1987) has a fine description of this famous wine "whose balanced concentration does not preclude a certain softness. With age come spices, increasing tarriness, truffles, salt, and a wet seaside-sand sort of rottenness still founded on ripe fruit that makes years like 1961 in their maturity resemble Pomerol." This is certainly mature, but shows no signs of deterioration. It is surely one of the greatest Hermitage made last century. AH
1 bottle per lot