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WTN: 1978 LLC

by Dale Williams » Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:06 am

Betsy made roast chicken, cumin carrot puree, squash, and caprese. Wine for our Zoom call was the 1978 Ch. Leoville Les Cases. Nice bottle with good fill, I decanted for sediment but used a smaller decanter. This was quite elegant, not a word that usually springs to my mind for LLC. Sweet black plum fruit, pencil shavings, a little herb/tobacco greeness, with moderate acids just giving it a bit of tang. With time the vegetal notes got more pronounced, though I still enjoyed. This bottle drinking very well if quite mature, I have another (different source) that I will open soon and hope to like as much. B+


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Re: WTN: 1978 LLC

by David M. Bueker » Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:20 am

Truly mature Bordeaux is a great treat. I hope to have some in the next 10-15 years as my cellar continues to mature.
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