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Certainly a very good vintage, with the ripeness of the 1975, and the fullness of the 1970. A great wine of extraordinary purity and a remarkable finish.

   

Mild.
 

Ideal conditions. Flowering was swift and even. Mid point of flowering June 12th.
 

Very hot and dry. Mid point of changing colour August 20th.
 

Intermittent showers. Harvest from September 29th to October 12th.
 
 

 
 
Robert Parker - Bordeaux - November 1998
"This has always been one of the sexiest, most delicious wines from the 1981 vintage. It still possesses a dark ruby/purple color. While the 1981 is less powerful than the 1982 and 1983, it reveals copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, good flesh for the vintage, and a pure, nicely textured and balanced style. This wine remains vibrant and youthful. Anticipated maturity: Now-2002."
 
 

 

 

 
 
Serena Sutcliffe – Sotheby's Tasting notes – April 1995
"Very good colour, and scented nose. Finesse and cedary fruit. Slips down with all the silky elegance of the cru. Beautiful drinking."
 
 

 

 
 
Clive Coates - Grands Vins - 1995
"Vigorous colour for the vintage. Only a touch of brown. Good nose. Ripe, medium weight. Slightly more evolved and with less grip than the 1983. A point. Charming. Very good indeed for the vintage."
 
 
 
 
 


 
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