1969 Leroy Echezeaux - drank at
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Taipei for the parents' anniversary. This was my last bottle and it drank better than I expected. I had it dunked in some cold water when I arrived to cool it down, and we decided not to decant the bottle (or pass the wine through paper coffee filters, as I have done in the past). The sweet grass in the nose was upfront and center, and it was there all evening. There was also a little bit of wet dirt, damp cellar, mushrooms... the question of whether the wine was lightly corked cross my mind. Otherwise the nose was very sweet, and plummy notes emerged about 2 hours later. Not quite the perserved plum drink (酸梅湯) that mom loves, but not bad. Most importantly, the palate was still there and didn't turn acidic all night.
Full post on dinner is here.
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