1 dozen bottles per lot
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VINTAGE SELECTIONS FROM 1959 MARGAUX
Removed from excellent professional storage
1959 *****
"A great vintage. Hugely popular with the British wine trade, proclaimed by the pundits as 'the vintage of the century' and très grands vins by the Bordelais, the optimists were not far out despite some talk of lack of acidity. Apropos, the eminent Professor Peynaud states that if a wine has an abundance of all the major component parts, alcohol, extract, fruit and tannin, an equally high level of acidity is not only not essential, it is not necessary. The 1959 vintage was blessed with a very favourable growing season, in particular a fine, warm summer, with rain mid-September to swell the grapes; the harvest followed a week or so later." MB, Vintage Wine
Château Margaux--Vintage 1959
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Levels: Bottom neck or better, two top shoulder; two scuffed label, one lightly stained label
"A lovely 'warm', rich, well-tempered, complete, harmonious bouquet; sweet, full, rich and rounded. Last tasted Dec 2001. At best *****" MB, Vintage Wine.
1 dozen bottles per lot
Removed from excellent professional storage
1959 *****
"A great vintage. Hugely popular with the British wine trade, proclaimed by the pundits as 'the vintage of the century' and très grands vins by the Bordelais, the optimists were not far out despite some talk of lack of acidity. Apropos, the eminent Professor Peynaud states that if a wine has an abundance of all the major component parts, alcohol, extract, fruit and tannin, an equally high level of acidity is not only not essential, it is not necessary. The 1959 vintage was blessed with a very favourable growing season, in particular a fine, warm summer, with rain mid-September to swell the grapes; the harvest followed a week or so later." MB, Vintage Wine
Château Margaux--Vintage 1959
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Levels: Bottom neck or better, two top shoulder; two scuffed label, one lightly stained label
"A lovely 'warm', rich, well-tempered, complete, harmonious bouquet; sweet, full, rich and rounded. Last tasted Dec 2001. At best *****" MB, Vintage Wine.
1 dozen bottles per lot