Quite lively in texture, youthful and delicious in flavor. Has developed an enticing bottle bouquet, while still being packed with cherry and currant flavors. Quite full-bodied and quite long on the finish. Drink through 2010.--1961 Bordeaux horizontal. -

This wine has been fully mature since I first tasted it over a decade ago. It is an outstanding 1961, with a dark garnet color, exuberant, intense aromatics consisting of smoked meats, jammy fruits, dried spices, and intriguing truffle and grilled vegetable-like aromas. Medium-bodied, and still fresh with plenty of extract and full body, this wine has some tannin in the finish, which will undoubtedly remain after all of the fruit has faded. Anticipated maturity: Now-2002. Last tasted 11/95