Paulo hosted his MNSC Dinner in the private cellar at Classified. We were served a bunch of old wines from around the world, which are always much harder to blind-taste...
First flight:
1967 Gaja Barbaresco - this was OK but we were not impressed, scoring it below 90 points.
1967 Latour - this was slightly better but again not a great wine.
Second flight:
1953 Marques de Riscal Riserva - most of the others complained about this being "madeira-ed" and felt it was off, but I, being a great fan of Madeira, actually really loved it. By popular demand we excluded this from our normal scoring.
1953 Canon - we could tell that this wine was fully mature as well, and scored it a bit above the '67 Latour.
Third flight:
1955 Inglenook Cab - none of us had any idea what this was and we all guessed it was Spanish...
1955 Cheval Blanc - this was certainly the wine of the evening! We gave it an average of 95 points
Fourth flight:
1969 Charles Noellat Romanée-Saint-Vivant - it's always nice to drink a very old Burgundy, especially one from a great vintage such as '69. Surprisingly the color was not as light as I would expect. This property was subsequently sold to Domaine Leroy.
1969 Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle - this is the oldest La Chapelle I've ever had, and very enjoyable.
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