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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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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.
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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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