6 bottles per lot
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Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1959
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Very bin-soiled labels. Levels: one into neck, one base of neck, two top-shoulder, one just below top-shoulder and one upper-shoulder
Tasting Note: One of the best-ever Lafites, quite different from the more delicately fragrant '53s, and keeping well. Two recent notes, first in Nov 2003: richly coloured; rich, ripe bouquet and flavour (superior to a scented but slightly astringent '61). Most recently, a magnum: very deep, with dark cherry core; nose at first holding back, unreleased fragrance, touch of iron; sweet, glorious mouthfilling flavour, great length, spicy, with teeth-gripping tannins. For Lafite, mammoth. And superb. Nov 2005 ***** (Five stars) And more to come. M.B.
6 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Very bin-soiled labels. Levels: one into neck, one base of neck, two top-shoulder, one just below top-shoulder and one upper-shoulder
Tasting Note: One of the best-ever Lafites, quite different from the more delicately fragrant '53s, and keeping well. Two recent notes, first in Nov 2003: richly coloured; rich, ripe bouquet and flavour (superior to a scented but slightly astringent '61). Most recently, a magnum: very deep, with dark cherry core; nose at first holding back, unreleased fragrance, touch of iron; sweet, glorious mouthfilling flavour, great length, spicy, with teeth-gripping tannins. For Lafite, mammoth. And superb. Nov 2005 ***** (Five stars) And more to come. M.B.
6 bottles per lot