17 August 2015: Monday, mid August. A simple supper at home with roast chicken......and a bottle of 1961 Lafite Rothschild, to share with a dear friend, in advance of his birthday celebrations later this month! An excellent birth year - this bottle delivered classic and elegant claret qualities, with tertiary character of cigar box and leather, but lacking the body, generous fruit and texture and power of more illustrious 1961s, notably Latour. Despite the variations associated with this wine, this bottle came from very good stock and the level was into neck. In any case, drinking now and soon is recommended!
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