1975 Chateau Leoville Las Cases

congratulations Allred!

It's been an excellent wine, but I'm afraid you may have MISSED it showing it's best by decanting for 2 hours. Imo, that wine was ready to drink as soon as the cork was pulled.

Ooops! Edited to add the word "missed."

Cograts AllRed!

Sounds like a great birthday, we will have to get the details later.

Sorry, Anwar. The word I left out completely cahnged the meaning of my post.

Board-O,

My bad, I actually interpreted your note correctly, though I never meant to have a quote in my response.

Looks like I was wrong in my post above. We had another bottle of this wine last night.

Tasted 5 minutes after careful decanting. The cork was stained to the top, but the bottle had an excellent fill for a wine this old, near the bottom of the neck. The wine was a deep garnet in color with no hint of bricking. It had a nose of damp forest floor and baked fruit with a hint of cedar. On the palate, the tannins have softened and ripe dark berry flavors along with plenty of acidity yielded a well-balanced wine. I would have preferred a little more depth. I see no reason to hold this any longer, but neither is there any hurry to open it. 93

One hour later: The wine has opened beautifully with some astringency balanced by a lush edge. Impressive. 95

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Originally posted by Board-O:
Looks like I was wrong in my post above. We had another bottle of this wine last night.

Tasted 5 minutes after careful decanting. The cork was stained to the top, but the bottle had an excellent fill for a wine this old, near the bottom of the neck. The wine was a deep garnet in color with no hint of bricking. It had a nose of damp forest floor and baked fruit with a hint of cedar. On the palate, the tannins have softened and ripe dark berry flavors along with plenty of acidity yielded a well-balanced wine. I would have preferred a little more depth. I see no reason to hold this any longer, but neither is there any hurry to open it. 93

One hour later: The wine has opened beautifully with some astringency balanced by a lush edge. Impressive. 95

Very nice!

I can not wait to hear what you are drinking on a Tuesday night.

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1975 Château Léoville Las Cases - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (7/20/2013)
Popped & poured- not decanted- just before our entrées arrived. Displays a healthy garnet core which fades only slightly towards the meniscus. Initial tatse & assessment: whoa, lovely red fruit, and a lot of it! i quickly poured glasses for Domino and I and then tastes for all of the staff who were nearby. Aromas of red currants, tobacco, Indian spices, lavender and cedar. The tannins have completely integrated- one might not think this was a '75. Elegant and seamless across the palate, featuring flavors of berries, cedar, florals, sweet red fruit and perhaps a bit of leather too. Medium finish. I was surprised by the amount of fruit left in this wine for the first 45 minutes it was open, but it wasn't much longer before it took on a dark fruit profile and turned a bit tart. (89 pts.)

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