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94 JG.
"I have consistently enjoyed the 1971 vintage of Magdelaine over the last half dozen years, and this most recent bottle was again, simply outstanding. The wine is now at its absolute apogee of peak maturity and offers up an utterly refined and perfumed bouquet of cherries, limestone soil tones, blood orange, woodsmoke, a touch of sweet bell pepper, cigar wrapper and a bit of St. Émilion nuttiness in the upper register. On the palate the wine is full, plush and velvety, with great purity and focus, a sappy core, outstanding soil signature, lovely acids and great focus and grip on the long, pure and complex finish. This wine is just a beautiful drink today, but still has plenty of life ahead of it!" John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2017, Issue #70 |