3 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CHâTEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD--VINTAGE 1961
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
OFFERED IN A CARTON. SLIGHTLY BIN-SOILED LABELS. ONE VERY TOP, ONE TOP AND ONE JUST BELOW TOP-SHOULDER
TASTING NOTE: HUGE, CEDARY, CASSIS, LEAD PENCIL, MENTHOL-LIKE AROMAS SOARED FROM THE GLASS. THE BLACK/PURPLE COLOR REVEALED NO SIGNS OF LIGHTENING OR AMBER AT THE EDGE. FULL-BODIED, RICH, AND SUPER-INTENSE, THIS WAS AN A PROFOUND BOTTLE OF 1961 MOUTON THAT WOULD HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST THE COMPELLING 1959. I HAVE FOUND THE 1961 MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD TO BE DISTRESSINGLY VARIABLE IN QUALITY, MUCH LIKE THE CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT 1970. AT ITS BEST THE WINE IS A GREAT MOUTON. 98 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, BORDEAUX BOOK, 3RD EDITION # B1 (JAN 1998)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
OFFERED IN A CARTON. SLIGHTLY BIN-SOILED LABELS. ONE VERY TOP, ONE TOP AND ONE JUST BELOW TOP-SHOULDER
TASTING NOTE: HUGE, CEDARY, CASSIS, LEAD PENCIL, MENTHOL-LIKE AROMAS SOARED FROM THE GLASS. THE BLACK/PURPLE COLOR REVEALED NO SIGNS OF LIGHTENING OR AMBER AT THE EDGE. FULL-BODIED, RICH, AND SUPER-INTENSE, THIS WAS AN A PROFOUND BOTTLE OF 1961 MOUTON THAT WOULD HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST THE COMPELLING 1959. I HAVE FOUND THE 1961 MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD TO BE DISTRESSINGLY VARIABLE IN QUALITY, MUCH LIKE THE CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT 1970. AT ITS BEST THE WINE IS A GREAT MOUTON. 98 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, BORDEAUX BOOK, 3RD EDITION # B1 (JAN 1998)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT