First wine of vacation (actually haven't left yet). 1978 Talbot, very full, balanced, ready to roll, coffee, touch of leather, old cab fruit, glorious mix of library and acid. Lots of concentration, nice texture, and totally resolved. The best 78 I've had. Decent amount of VA but under control. Good fill, but rough sticky cork that fell apart.
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The glories of Cordier funk
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Salil Benegal
Salil Benegal
Sounds really delicious. Only had a couple of the older Cordiers with that bit of leathery funk - '85 Gruaud-Larose & Cantemerle - but loved those wines.
Who were the other Cordier producers during that period? I've been trying to find some older Bordeaux that won't break the bank.
Cheers,
Salil
Who were the other Cordier producers during that period? I've been trying to find some older Bordeaux that won't break the bank.
Cheers,
Salil
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
Lafaurie-Peyraguey for Cordier Sauternes.
Oliver McCrum
Oliver McCrum
I've become more and more sensitive to Brett, and I can't drink the older Cordier wines I've come across.
Salil Benegal
Salil Benegal
Recollect seeing a Cordier label on that '85, and it certainly had that Cordier funk about it - touches of leather and animal woven beautifully into the fruit and dust.originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
Cantemerle was Cordier?
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
The best 78 I've had.
Subject to the standard 31 year old wine cavaets, I had a '78 Leoville Las Cases a few years back that was really beautiful - lush, complex, etc. Of course, given my palate, that probably means it tasted like old Burgundy and a Bordeaux lover would be disappointed.
Had a '78 Lafite-Rothschild around the same time (ran into some attractively-priced '78s at auction) and much preferred the Las Cases.
Cheers,
Dave
originally posted by Salil Benegal:
Sounds really delicious. Only had a couple of the older Cordiers with that bit of leathery funk - '85 Gruaud-Larose & Cantemerle - but loved those wines.
Who were the other Cordier producers during that period? I've been trying to find some older Bordeaux that won't break the bank.
Cheers,
Salil
Talbot I think was a Cordier wine then.