Wine List
First Growths More Information | 1961Red Bordeaux | 1960-1969 | 1961 Please note that all prices shown do not include delivery or VAT (where applicable).
Wine descriptions using "A", "B" etc refer to our stock reference and do not infer any particular quality.
Robert Parker tasting scores (out of a possible 100 points) are indicated as: (RP 95) etc. Red Bordeaux - 1961 Vintage - A giant of a year
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| Chateau Gruaud Larose, 1961 - Robert Parker 96 points (Oct 94), "This is claret at its most decadent" - Anticipated maturity, now-2015. Apart from (P), all have OK wine colour. All except (C) & (D) have virtually intact labels. | | | | | | | | | | Chateau Latour, 1961. Robert Parker 100 points!
"Port like with an unctuous texture and a dark garnet colour with considerable amber at the edge, the 1961 Latour possesses a viscosity and thickness approached only by vintages such as 1982 and 1959. Two tried were liquid perfection, exhibiting fragrant, cedary, truffle, leather, mineral, and sweet jammy aromatics, full-bodied, voluptuous textures, exquisite purity and concentration, and a layered, highly nuanced finish that represents the essence of compellingly great wine. The 1961 has been fully mature for than 15 years, but, much like the 1982, it seems to get richer, holding on to its succulence and fat and developing more aromatic nuances without losing any sweetness or concentration. An extraordinary wine, it is unquestionably one of the Bordeaux legends of the century!
Anticipated maturity now-2025." | | | | | | | The lovely wine expert and "Times" wine correspondent, Jane MacQuitty, specifically mentioned us in March 2011 for Chateau Latour, 1961, in her foodies & wine "secret address book". | The following 7 bottles, (II) to (OO), have good "Alfred Schyler Fils & Co, Negociants a Bordeaux" slip labels on the back of the bottles. | | | | | | | | Serena Sutcliffe, MW, Head of Sotheby's Wine Department. (Reproduced with her approval)
Chateau Latour, 1961: "In everyone's list of mythical wines, but still very much present in its enormous vigour, dimension and complexity. The rich, pervasively scented bouquet leads to a great, treacly taste, with overlapping layers, plus fruit and tannin in massive doses. A huge gulp of intoxication fruit and aromatics, with that inimitable thick texture of 1961 in general and Latour in particular. So much fat, it covers the tannins.Total tensile strength. It literally is 'crunchy' with berries. After 2 hours in the glass, it is even more stupendous." | | | | | | | Such is the magnetic attraction to this great wine that 4 cases, direct from the cellars of Chateau Latour, were sold at Christies' May, 2011 auction in Hong Kong at a rock solid price of over 115,000 GBP per case! | | | | | | I doubt you will find any other case of this majestic RP 100 wine in such superb condition! | | | | Our world wide searches show hardly any Chateau Latour 1961 available elsewhere and yet we have in stock 6 straight cases and 19 bottles! | | | | | A mixture of the great Chateau Lynch Bages in half bottles. | | | | | | | | Chateau Margaux, 1961, "A classic Robert Parker 94 pointer" | | | | | | | At its best, the 1961 is a great Mouton. Robert Parker 98 points.
Most bottles have original numbered labels in various conditions as listed.
All have faded top black sections of labels. Photographs available. All are RP 98 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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