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TN: 1970 Ducru-Beaucaillou (where's Lipton?)
So Mark Lipton and I made a couple of bids together in an HDH auction,
and won a lot. 1970 Bordeaux, primarily Ducru-Beaucaillou (6 bottles). We took 3 bottles each, and Mark came up with idea of a simultaneous tasting. So these are my notes (I'm a time zone ahead, but if he has posted earlier I promise not to look if I see thread). We wanted to do similar Bdx-friendly food, and chose roast chicken. Betsy did the Thomas Keller Bouchon chicken (using thyme), with a broccoli rabe/pea dish, barley, and an arugula salad. I decided to use the bottle with the worst fill, about high shoulder. It had sat up for a week. Took off capsule, wiped (lead!!!!), used corkscrew, and cork promptly broke. 90% saturated. Hmmmmm. Hey, not so bad. Not bad at all! Color is nice- a medium-red with only a hint of clear edges, no real browning. Nose of red currants, raspberries, leather. Red color partially transfers to the palate- previous bottles of this I tried have seemed all black fruit, this shows both red fruit and dark berries and cassis. Cedar is the predominant non-fruit odor, but there is tobacco, forest floor, and a little cocoa. This surprises me as there are still a little bit of tannins unresolved. Not lush, there are good but smooth acids. Good length, concentration. Holds well over a couple hours, a lovely mature Bordeaux. Considering this is the bottle with the worst fill I am very happy with our buy! B+/A- |
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DaleW wrote:
> So Mark Lipton and I made a couple of bids together in an HDH auction, > and won a lot. 1970 Bordeaux, primarily Ducru-Beaucaillou (6 bottles). > We took 3 bottles each, and Mark came up with idea of a simultaneous > tasting. So these are my notes (I'm a time zone ahead, but if he has > posted earlier I promise not to look if I see thread). > > We wanted to do similar Bdx-friendly food, and chose roast chicken. > Betsy did the Thomas Keller Bouchon chicken (using thyme), with a > broccoli rabe/pea dish, barley, and an arugula salad. I decided to use > the bottle with the worst fill, about high shoulder. It had sat up for > a week. Took off capsule, wiped (lead!!!!), used corkscrew, and cork > promptly broke. 90% saturated. Hmmmmm. Jean opened our bottle and the cork broke, too. We had a few "floaters" in the first glass. > > Hey, not so bad. Not bad at all! Color is nice- a medium-red with only > a hint of clear edges, no real browning. Nose of red currants, > raspberries, leather. Red color partially transfers to the palate- > previous bottles of this I tried have seemed all black fruit, this > shows both red fruit and dark berries and cassis. Cedar is the > predominant non-fruit odor, but there is tobacco, forest floor, and a > little cocoa. Ours seemed to be more in line with your earlier bottles, though Jean did initially think of red fruits more than black. > > This surprises me as there are still a little bit of tannins > unresolved. Not lush, there are good but smooth acids. Good length, > concentration. Holds well over a couple hours, a lovely mature > Bordeaux. Considering this is the bottle with the worst fill I am very > happy with our buy! B+/A- IAWTP (I agree with this post) Mark Lipton |
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TN: 1970 Ducru-Beaucaillou (where's Lipton?)
When a cork breaks I have a funnel/strainer that I use...and just decant
quickly. For an old Bordeaux I would put back in to a decanter that is bottle shaped so less air to damage the wine. When old , real old I rarely decant. "Mark Lipton" > wrote in message ... > DaleW wrote: >> So Mark Lipton and I made a couple of bids together in an HDH auction, >> and won a lot. 1970 Bordeaux, primarily Ducru-Beaucaillou (6 bottles). >> We took 3 bottles each, and Mark came up with idea of a simultaneous >> tasting. So these are my notes (I'm a time zone ahead, but if he has >> posted earlier I promise not to look if I see thread). >> >> We wanted to do similar Bdx-friendly food, and chose roast chicken. >> Betsy did the Thomas Keller Bouchon chicken (using thyme), with a >> broccoli rabe/pea dish, barley, and an arugula salad. I decided to use >> the bottle with the worst fill, about high shoulder. It had sat up for >> a week. Took off capsule, wiped (lead!!!!), used corkscrew, and cork >> promptly broke. 90% saturated. Hmmmmm. > > Jean opened our bottle and the cork broke, too. We had a few "floaters" > in the first glass. > >> >> Hey, not so bad. Not bad at all! Color is nice- a medium-red with only >> a hint of clear edges, no real browning. Nose of red currants, >> raspberries, leather. Red color partially transfers to the palate- >> previous bottles of this I tried have seemed all black fruit, this >> shows both red fruit and dark berries and cassis. Cedar is the >> predominant non-fruit odor, but there is tobacco, forest floor, and a >> little cocoa. > > Ours seemed to be more in line with your earlier bottles, though Jean > did initially think of red fruits more than black. > >> >> This surprises me as there are still a little bit of tannins >> unresolved. Not lush, there are good but smooth acids. Good length, >> concentration. Holds well over a couple hours, a lovely mature >> Bordeaux. Considering this is the bottle with the worst fill I am very >> happy with our buy! B+/A- > > IAWTP (I agree with this post) > > Mark Lipton |
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