12 bottles per lot
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Château Latour 1959
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In damaged original wooden case, no lid. In original straws. Good conditions for age. Slightly corroded capsules. Badly bin-soiled labels with remains of tissue attached. Levels: two base of neck, five top-shoulder, two just below top-shoulder, one upper shoulder, one mid shoulder, one mid/low shoulder.
Tasting note: A glorious mammoth wine. It just goes from strength to strength. Forty notes from July 1963. Initially a black purple colour, nose packed with fruit, full-bodied, its extract and sheer power seeming to absorb, partially to disguise its tannic intensity….More recently, showing no signs of flagging, its opacity merely prefacing its beautifully developed bouquet, excellent flavour and perfect balance – perfect enough to keep up the maturing process for another quarter century. Last noted at the Russian National Orchestra dinner at Hatchlands, Surrey, Dec 2000 ****(**)! M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In damaged original wooden case, no lid. In original straws. Good conditions for age. Slightly corroded capsules. Badly bin-soiled labels with remains of tissue attached. Levels: two base of neck, five top-shoulder, two just below top-shoulder, one upper shoulder, one mid shoulder, one mid/low shoulder.
Tasting note: A glorious mammoth wine. It just goes from strength to strength. Forty notes from July 1963. Initially a black purple colour, nose packed with fruit, full-bodied, its extract and sheer power seeming to absorb, partially to disguise its tannic intensity….More recently, showing no signs of flagging, its opacity merely prefacing its beautifully developed bouquet, excellent flavour and perfect balance – perfect enough to keep up the maturing process for another quarter century. Last noted at the Russian National Orchestra dinner at Hatchlands, Surrey, Dec 2000 ****(**)! M.B.
12 bottles per lot