12 bottles per lot
细节
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1961
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé
Not in original wooden case. Calvet slip labels. Slightly corroded and discoloured capsules, one damaged. Bin-soiled labels, five slightly damaged, one damaged. Levels: 3.5 to 4.5cms below base of corks
Tasting note: Several notes, most recently in magnum: lovely rich colour; fully evolved bouquet, 'hot tiles', mocha; sweet, very distinctive smoky, earthy Graves flavour with hint of tobacco. Elegant. Long life. Last tasted Oct 2006 ***** M.B.
First tasted in July 1963 around the time of bottling. Red Graves tend to develop quite quickly, even top-quality wines like Haut-Brion, though this can be misleading. However, judging from my notes, the nose certainly evolved fragrantly, and even at six years of age, the wine was an attractive and refreshing drink, though basically unready. A decade later and showing maturity and displaying what I think of as characteristic Haut-Brion scents: hot, pebbly, deep, earthy, singed; on the palate a lovely texture 'gentle but firm'. At a Bordeaux Club dinner in 1980, 'rounded but not ready'. Despite its unremitting depth of colour, by the mid-1980s I noted 'elegant', 'well mannered', 'beautifully balanced' - on two occasions 'elliptical'. Only four more recent notes. Sweet with perfectly assimilated tannins and acidity; a superb magnum: rich, complete harmonious, good length and a very high mark at the Aschau blind tasting (1994). Most recently, a magnum, and easily the best wine at a very weird tasting in The Musée Baccarat, Paris. It could only have been Haut-Brion and despite showing some age, excellent. Most recently: still very deep; reluctant fragrance hovering above a rich foundation, opening up richly in the glass; amazingly sweet, extremely rich, typical earthy, 'pebbly' Graves flavour, great length. Last tasted June 2004 ***** Long life. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé
Not in original wooden case. Calvet slip labels. Slightly corroded and discoloured capsules, one damaged. Bin-soiled labels, five slightly damaged, one damaged. Levels: 3.5 to 4.5cms below base of corks
Tasting note: Several notes, most recently in magnum: lovely rich colour; fully evolved bouquet, 'hot tiles', mocha; sweet, very distinctive smoky, earthy Graves flavour with hint of tobacco. Elegant. Long life. Last tasted Oct 2006 ***** M.B.
First tasted in July 1963 around the time of bottling. Red Graves tend to develop quite quickly, even top-quality wines like Haut-Brion, though this can be misleading. However, judging from my notes, the nose certainly evolved fragrantly, and even at six years of age, the wine was an attractive and refreshing drink, though basically unready. A decade later and showing maturity and displaying what I think of as characteristic Haut-Brion scents: hot, pebbly, deep, earthy, singed; on the palate a lovely texture 'gentle but firm'. At a Bordeaux Club dinner in 1980, 'rounded but not ready'. Despite its unremitting depth of colour, by the mid-1980s I noted 'elegant', 'well mannered', 'beautifully balanced' - on two occasions 'elliptical'. Only four more recent notes. Sweet with perfectly assimilated tannins and acidity; a superb magnum: rich, complete harmonious, good length and a very high mark at the Aschau blind tasting (1994). Most recently, a magnum, and easily the best wine at a very weird tasting in The Musée Baccarat, Paris. It could only have been Haut-Brion and despite showing some age, excellent. Most recently: still very deep; reluctant fragrance hovering above a rich foundation, opening up richly in the glass; amazingly sweet, extremely rich, typical earthy, 'pebbly' Graves flavour, great length. Last tasted June 2004 ***** Long life. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
荣誉呈献
Carolyn Holmes