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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Fri, Nov 28, 2025 09:02 AM cst
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Regions: Bordeaux Red
Vintages: 1979 and earlier
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| Ch. Palmer |
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Historical XIXth Century Wine L 20.06  |
$225 |
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| VM 93 (8/2023): The 2006 Historical 19th Century Wine was not the first release. That was the 2004, though Thomas Duroux considers the 2006 to be the first proper release, blended with 10% Syrah. Now at 15 years old, I was intrigued to see how it is aging. Clear and youthful in color, it has an intense bouquet with ample red berry fruit, incense, pressed violet and a touch of camphor. The palate is medium-bodied with good grip, burly and powerful. The spicy black fruit is laced with cedar and tobacco. Maybe on the finish, it misses a bit of precision, yet it feels very long and appears to have plenty of years ahead. I would keep any bottles in the cellar. Tasted at the Palmer vertical at the château. (Drink between 2028-2050). Neal Martin. |
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| Ch. Lafite Rothschild |
1979 |
Pauillac (5.0 L)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$4,325.99 |
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WS 92 (11/1991): Fruity, deep and firm, filled with plum and cherry, backed by youthful, stiff tannins. Needs time for complexity to develop. Try in 1995.--Lafite Rothschild vertical.
MB [***] (7/1999): Like a bad-tempered baby pulled out of its cot by a doting father it was presented on its first birthday prior to a Lafite dinner at Boulestin's in London. Raw and raucous. By the early to mid-1980s, it was hard and very tannic but with good length. At Penning-Rowsell's '10-year' dinner its nose and taste beginning to demonstrate Lafite fragrances, though a touch of astringency. I have just four notes over the past decade: peppery, high-toned; firm, flavoury but dry (Stockholm 1994). In a 'flight' of four Lafite imperiales, spicy, good fruit but raw, very tannic (1996). Yet another imperaile: attractive, enough fruit and in particular enough extract and tannin to cope with black truffle and marscarpone-crusted Brie (Bacchus Society 1997). Most recently, Jamie Guise's last magnum: still deep, rich, lovey; distinctly good, distinctly Lafite- it opened up fragrantly; pretty good yet still very tannic.
WA 87 (10/1997): I overrated this wine when it was young, and have not been as pleased with its evolution in the bottle. The wine has retained a cool climate high acidity, giving it a more compressed personality than I had envisioned. The color remains a dark ruby/garnet, but the nose has taken on a more vegetal, earthy note to go along with the new oak and sweet red and black currant personality. The wine's crisp acidity keeps its tannic edge aggressive. There is already some amber at the edge of the wine's color. Anticipated maturity: Now-2012. |
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