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We were invited to a friend’s house at Cap Ferret for lunch, and we were the last to arrive. Standing proudly on the table was a magnum of red wine. The smiling host said: “I found this in the cellar of the father-in-law, but I have no idea what it is!”<\/p>\n
Upon closer examination of the bottle, my dear friend, a specialist in great Bordeaux wines, immediately recognises the Rothschild crest. “Sheep’s side! ” he tells us. But nothing more. No label. Everything leads us to think of an old Mouton.<\/p>\n
As a result, after 5 minutes of discussion with the host (this one was not very hard to convince), he decides to open the magnum of his father-in-law who has been in the cellar for a couple of years. We send our best sommelier to do the job. Nothing to do the cork goes off like a rocket in the wine. We decant it so we can empty the magnum. We taste it, always blind. It’s old. Very old. The opinions are unanimous. Someone even suggests swallowing a carafe of port to give it a boost. All we have to do is break the bottle to check the chateau and see what year is hidden on the cork. Suspens …<\/p>\n
Ch\u00e2teau Mouton Rothschild 1954.
Superb.<\/p>\n
When you look at the reviews on the internet, it’s a lot of laughs. We’re tasting again. It’s immediately finer. But it’s hard to get a second glass. It’s a laugh.
A great moment of wine. <\/p>\n
On the scale of coquetterie :
Jean-Marc Quarin’s notes in the year 2000 are unequivocal :
\u00abUn mauvais \u00e9t\u00e9 pluvieux a emp\u00each\u00e9 le raisin de m\u00fbrir dans de bonnes conditions. La couleur est sombre et ambr\u00e9e. Le nez sent le caramel et le c\u00e8dre. Il est agr\u00e9able mais sans fruit. Comme pour le 55, l\u2019entr\u00e9e en bouche est presque sucr\u00e9e. Le vin offre encore une bonne consistance, mais l\u2019acidit\u00e9 et un ass\u00e8chement viennent marquer la finale, ce qui est typique d\u2019une acidit\u00e9 volatile plut\u00f4t \u00e9lev\u00e9e. Un vin d\u2019autrefois pour collectionneurs uniquement.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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