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Vintage | 1970 |
Rating | 90-94 |
Classification | Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint Julien |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | From 100 € to 200 € |
Château | Ducru Beaucaillou |
Country | France |
Saint Estèphe
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1970
Pauillac
Sauternes
Saint Estèphe
Margaux
Margaux
Margaux
Saint Emilion
CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY DUCASSE 1970
Pauillac
Pomerol
This wine has been fully mature and delicious for many years, so I was not surprised by how stunning this bottle was. It has always been an outstanding wine for the vintage - complex, rich, savory, and the quintessentially elegant Bordeaux. This beauty continues to reveal the fragrance and finesse that one expects from Lafite-Rothschild but so rarely finds. A fragrant, complex bouquet of cedar, herbs, vanillin, fruitcake, and coffee is followed by a soft, gentle, graciously-constructed wine with sweet layers of fruit. I am not sure how much longer the 1970 Ducru will keep, but from regular bottle, it is delicious and should be consumed. How nice it would be to have a stock of magnums of this wine in the cellar!
Deep garnet; spicy cassis and tar nose is ripe and full; rich, full, chewy and fruity; at its peak; a very classy claret.
Leaving aside Latour, I rate Ducru and Cheval Blanc as the best of the '70s.