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Old Bordeaux I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie notes of outstanding wines. 1966 Latour-Still quite dark with a clear rim and a slight brickish color. Very tight nose of graphite. Very firm black fruit with lots of cedar and leather and still mbuttive black fruit and plum notes. 1961 Cheval Blanc- More brick than purple with a huge nose of barnyard, blackberry and wet stones. Vibrant, sweet fruit with layers of vanilla and cbuttis. 1921 Palmer-Very pale garnet with a patina of brown. Light and ethereal on the palate almost like old Burgundy. Mushroom and cedar at first with plenty of sweet cherry and an elegant mouthfeel like liquid velvet. 1982 Cos D' Estournel-A mbuttive blockbuster of a wine. LOt's of cbuttis and black cherry with an abundance of lead pencil and firm yet supple tannins and a finish that went on for minutes. This wine still has years of life ahead. Concensus WOTN. 1985 Lynch Bages- Quite brickish with a nose of wet horse blanket (Brett)and lead pencil. Plenty of black fruit but too much leathery bretty flavors. 1980 D'Yquem (served with a winter pear Tartain) Wonderful nose of dried orange peel and Asian spices. Crisp acidity and flawless sweetness with flavors of honey and apples with loads of citrus and a refreshing finish.
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