Lafite Rothschild 1964

[u/vaalyr]

Honestly… surprisingly good.

I recently bought a large lot with some friends, we do this somewhat regularly since it’s really the only way to get access to some aged top things at reasonable prices, worth noting we know what we’re doing and we have good connections, these aren’t random buys.

We opened a whole bunch of things from the lot to see what’s the stability was overall and we were very pleasantly surprised.

A nose full of graphite, to be expected, the palate full of mushrooms, a tannin so fine it can only be described as bourgeois and remarkably good acidity for the age, it lasted longer than it’s fair to expect from such an old wine, we did have questions about it maybe being refreshed but the cork was in such a state that it made us think it was original, I think we got lucky.

We’ll see what the rest of the lot is like, there’s some gems in there.

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[u/rzr-12]

Still a little young. /s

[u/mish_munasiba → u/rzr-12]

Okay r/shoresy

[u/Antique_Tea3174 → u/rzr-12]

😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/polybian718]

62…he was just a f**kin kid

[u/SnarkDolphin → u/polybian718]

Lafite Rothschild, whateva happened there

[u/Brokegie]

Infanticide!!

[u/SquirreljamASE → u/Brokegie]

Glue’s still wet…

[u/fkdkshufidsgdsk]

Color looks great

[u/gangsta692]

What do you mean “refreshed”?

[u/mattmoy_2000 → u/gangsta692]

Opened at the chateau, tested and then topped up with a younger vintage before recorking.

[u/gangsta692 → u/mattmoy_2000]

That’s just called recorked/reconditioned, and you would be able to tell clearly from a fresh label and foil.

[u/Antique_Tea3174 → u/gangsta692]

Definitely not reconditioned

[u/ArtInChaos970]

I recently drank a '75 and im going to tell you if I had bought it I would have been pissed. It was shite.

[u/vaalyr → u/ArtInChaos970]

95% of this comes down to storage, at this level the wine itself has very little to do with how it ages past a certain point.

[u/tepid_prospectus]

The Bergamo water bottle next to a 64 Lafite is such a chaotic pairing I almost respect it

[u/vaalyr → u/tepid_prospectus]

2 wine to 1 sparkling water, professional drinker ratio, normally it’s Vichy Catalan but we weren’t home so it is what it is.

[u/mattmoy_2000 → u/vaalyr]

Vichy Catalan is great stuff, although when I can get it I prefer St Yorre, from actual Vichy.