1964 CHÂTEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE Magnum 1964

(02-2009) Tasted blind at The Arches in London. Almost an identical bottle to the one last year, this is a great Grand Puy-Lacoste with that very “correct” cedar and cigar box nose with great definition. The palate is medium-bodied, very well balanced, not complex but it does not need to be: this is more about refinement, class, not doing anything out of the ordinary. Lovely poise on the leafy finish. Very fine. 

(09-2007)

Information on the vintage 1964 red Bordeaux: Dismiss the idea that this was anything other than a very good vintage; yet it is tarnished merely because of very heavy but localised rain in the middle of the harvest, mainly in Pauillac and St-Estèphe, which caught out some major châteaux. But as it will be seen, even the rain-soaked vienyards managed to produce some very flavoury wines. Nevertheless, it must be admitted that the very best '64s were made to the south of the Medoc, in the Graves, and on the Right Bank some outstanding Pomerols and St-Emilions.