On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:20:58 -0700 (PDT), cwdjrxyz
> wrote:

>The year 1964 produced some great wines, but much depended on when the
>grapes were picked. For those who picked before the rain started, some
>great wines were produced. For those who picked partly or completely
>after the rains started, results were very variable. For example, Ch.
>Latour picked before the rains and made a great wine. Ch. Lafite
>picked partly after the rains started and produced rather dilute wines
>that had some interest when young but now are much too old. And of
>course in the 1960s some properties could be depended on to produce
>rather common wines in most years, good or bad.
>
>I opened my only bottle of Ch. Latour today. There were no issues
>other than the cork was rather difficult to extract without breaking.
>The fill was low neck, or very high shoulder, depending on if you are
>a buyer or seller of this bottle:-). The bottle has been properly
>stored.
>
>This is the type of wine that at once seems very special. You do not
>have to fret about glass type used, detailed analysis, etc. It at once
>presents itself as a very balanced and integrated whole. The mixed
>dark fruit fruit is intense and very typical of top red Bordeaux.
>There is some cedar. The acid and tannins are in perfect balance. The
>wine is quite full but well balanced. The intensity is high and the
>aftertaste fine and very long. The color is still deep and shows only
>a little evidence of age around the rim. I can find nothing to
>complain about. The 1961 may be more intense and concentrated and may
>live longer.
Notes like that make me almost believe I have been there (and this is,
of course, as close as I am likely to get). thank you it was good :-)
Joseph Coulter
J&B Journeys
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