1964 CHÂTEAU PETIT VILLAGE 1964

Information on the vintage : 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 Emilion.I link 1962 and 1964 in my mind. Both of equal quality, both of quite different styles, the '62s, lean, lively, acidic, the '64s, chunkier, rounder, fruiter.

(01-2020) For its age, the wine still showed good color. The wine offered a surprising amount of heft, earthy, tobacco laden plums and a touch of forest leaf. The fruit was ripe, and still served up a nice sweetness. The wine was not very complex, but it was fun tasting the property before they pulled out all their old-vine Merlots, replacing them with Cabernet Sauvignon.

(01-2004) Medium crimson garnet, broad flaking, yellow rim, damp wool on the nose, old cocoa, somewhat aged, seems brittle, dark chocolate, rather short.