Posts Tagged ‘1975’
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
I have tasted the 1975 Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial for a few times, but today I had the opportunity to taste its late-disgorged version, the Grand Vintage Collection from a magnum bottle.
Disgorged in 2002, this wine was bright, deep golden. The nose was classic Moët with mocha, white fruit and straw enhanced with peculiar apricot and honey notes of noble rot. Appearance of sweetness continues also on the palate, which feels sweeter than its 7,5 g/l residual sugar would suggest. The real charm lies on the palate though, so thick, round and creamy. One of the most voluptuous 1975s I have tasted. Drinking perfectly now, showing its mature side but remaining very fresh and alive.
Tags: 1975, Champagne, Moët & Chandon
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
There’s been one wine I have longed to taste for as long as I can remember, and it is Cristal Rosé 1975. Such a rare bottle to encounter, but I got my chance when I attended a once-in-a-lifetime charity champagne dinner in Canada last weekend.
Only this experience was worth travelling half the world for (even though many equally or even more special bottles were included in the tasting)! Our generous host, a Canadian wine collector Michael Barnstijn, luckily had nothing against including this Cristal Rosé in what amounted to be one of the greatest champagne dinners ever.
Fortunately the Cristal was in good condition, I suspect not the best possible bottle, but certainly not a bad one. Pale orange hued golden colour. Complex, evolving nose of bright red fruit, honey, ripe peach, spice and delicious confectionary notes. Tight-packed fruitiness but with lightness and spine. Long finish of great purity and finesse. Shows signs of ageing but not tiring. Charming and worth the wait!
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
This glorious magnum was served as the second aperitif at the Vine Club’s First Growth dinner at Haikko Manor in Porvoo. Pure delight without any signs of tiring!
Deep yellow colour with a peachy hue. Rich nose of opulent coffee aromas, dried apricots, figs and apple. Developed and lasted stunningly in the glass. Concentrated, chewy and velvety mouthfeel on the full-bodied yet fresh palate. Very much alive, at its prime. A wonderful experience from the 1975 vintage.
Tags: 1975, bollinger, Champagne, magnum
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
This outstanding Lafleur was tasted at a very special Vine Club tasting. I must say it is the best 1975 Bordeaux I have tasted, surpassing also the La Mission. Deep browning colour. Tar and roses, tea, pepper and cassis on the seductive and complex nose. Open and powerful on the palate with very smooth tannin and sweet fruit. Full and voluptuous with true finesse.
Tags: 1975, Bordeaux, France, Lafleur, Pomerol
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Finally not only one great bottle of La Grande Dame, but two! I tasted these bottles that came from the same batch two weeks apart. The latter bottle even travelled with me to Latin America a week before I opened it, so I was genuinely surprised how well it showed.
Beautiful, developed onion skin colour. Rich, toasty and intensely fruity nose of dried fruit, wax and brioche. Wide and muscular palate with very refined mousse and intense fruit. Lovely acidity and mineral finish. One of my absolute favourite 1975s.
Tags: 1975, Champagne, France, La Grande Dame, Veuve Clicquot
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
This Martha’s Vineyard was tasted in a once-in-a-life tasting of all vintages of it ever made arranged by FINE Magazines. It showed well and made it to my top 5 of the 35 vintages tasted. Complex lively nose with soft spices, plums, coffee and tar. Attractively fresh impact in the mouth, less pronounced on the palate than on the nose. Elegant and restrained. The wine is at a wonderful drinking age now but there are still 5 to 10 more years ahead of it.
Tags: 1975, California, Heitz, Martha's Vineyard, USA
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
I had the chance to taste this curious bottle when visiting Olivier Collard of Collard-Picard. His father René Collard has a good stock of older vintages and it was a pleasant surprise to be tasting this blanc des Noirs from my vintage.
Medium-intense peachy colour. Fragrant, bright red fruit nose. Wide and fresh on the palate with surprisingly ample fruit left. Seductively soft mousse but rather one-dimensional aroma-wise. Happy surprise!
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
This l’Angelus was tasted as a part of fascinating FINE tasting at Haikko Manor in Finland. Deep garnet colour. Fragrant nose of undergrowth, vanilla and stewed Very tannic and drying, High acidity but is there enough fruit to hold the wine. Drink up.
Tags: 1975, Angelus, Bordeaux, France, St. Emilion
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
The previous time I had tasted this 1975 was four years ago, so I was curious to see how it was holding. Deep golden colour. Sweet and toasty nose with wax, spices and orange peel. Vinous on the palate, lasting relatively well in the glass. Fresh acidity and linear stucture. Pleasant light effervescence left even though this was not an outstanding bottle. Good but not great.
Tags: 1975, Champagne, Moët & Chandon
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Wanted to share a bottle of this to date undiscovered wine from my birth year with Tom Stevenson in London. However, due to my great disappointment the bottle was dead. Probably traveled too much around the world. Therefore a perfect bottle still remains to be discovered. golden colour. Smooth, coffee bean, lemon and floral nose. Some sweet vanilla and confectionary on the nose. Elegant, feminine and fine. Not impressive but fine-tuned and tightly-knit palate. Nice integration and completeness.
Tags: 1975, Champagne, France, La Grande Dame, Veuve Clicquot
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