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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Sun, Apr 26, 2026 10:44 AM cst
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Regions: Bordeaux Red
Vintages: 1980 and earlier
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
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| Ch. Calon |
1955 |
Montagne St. Emillion ex-Chateau |
$129 |
3 |
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| Ch. Haut Sarpe |
1964 |
St. Emilion Very Top-Shoulder Fill; Slightly Raised Cork; Bin-Soiled Label |
$70 |
1 |
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1964 |
St. Emilion Top-Shoulder Fill; Slightly Depressed Cork; Nicked Capsule; Bin-Soiled Label |
$75 |
1 |
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1964 |
St. Emilion Very Top-Shoulder Fill; Bin-Soiled Label; Nicked Capsule |
$75 |
1 |
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| Ch. Lafite Rothschild |
1975 |
Pauillac  Very Top-Shoulder Fill; Signs of Old Seepage; Heavily Bin-Soiled Label |
$550 |
1 |
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WA 93 (2/2022): Three late-released bottles of the 1975 Lafite Rothschild were drinking beautifully, soaring from the glass with scents of sweet red berries, camphor, cigar box and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, ample and enveloping, with a generous core of fruit, melting tannins and succulent acids, this is a soft, seamless wine despite the inherently firm style of the vintage, and it's at its peak today.
MB [***] (9/1998): Curiously, picking at Lafite began on exactly the same date as in 1959. It certainly started off well, with positive fruit and a lovely spicy flavour when first tasted in cask twelve monoths later. It opened up beautifully, positively swelling in the glass, gaining complexity but its tanning not quite masked by its richness- this was in the late 190s. Showing pretty well at Penning-Rowsell's '10-year' tasting (though rarely did it ever come top). It was a question whether the fruit and extract could keep the tannin at bay. At Nils Sternby's tasting of 1964s (not just Bordeaux) in Malmo (1995), his magnum was very distinctive, very fragrant on nose and palate. Tannin very noticeable. I gave it the same mark (tasted blind) as hte Latour, but fracionally below Mouton. Most recently, a rather disappointing bottle at a rather grand dinner party: mature looking; nose- to me- of 'iron' underpinned by liquorice. I added 'oh dear, not very nice'. I now doubt if it will improve. |
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1978 |
Pauillac Very Slightly Raised Cork; Corroded Capsule; Very Top-Shoulder Fill; Bin-Soiled Label |
$450 |
1 |
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WA 87 (10/1997): This wine is distinctively herbaceous and cedary, with surprisingly high acidity, and aggressive tannin in the finish. Its medium garnet color and smoky, roasted herb-scented nose are followed by a wine with good fruit on the attack, but an angular, sharp finish. The wine appears to be closer to full maturity than its younger sibling, the 1979. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010.
MB [***] (6/1998): Just eight notes. First at an MW tasting of '78s in May 1982. Not bad but unimpressive. By the mid-1980s, loosened up and attractive, even assertive with good length and finish. Trying hard to hold on to its fleeting fragrance. And certainly managing to be flavoury and elegant though lean. Now fully open and mature looks; distinctly 'Lafite', correct but with edgy acidity. Get on with it. |
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