Sietse, what a gift! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to experience these wines vicariously through our main man Konstanttin! I thank both of you so much for both of your efforts in making this video come to fruition. Its amazing to see how any wine, let alone such world renound wine evolved and stands the test of time. Thank you, thank you, thank you, to the both of you, but REALLY to Sietse for making this video a reality! WIthout you, this would have never happened, and we all as a community owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Much love, and stay thirsty!
Wow! This was so much fun! The joy on your face and excitement in your voice is a wonderful thing to share. And seeing the reaction on the state of the Lafite was so raw as I was fully along for the ride at that stage. Magnificent video. Loving your channel!
WOW you lucky sod that's one hell of a gift ! Thank you Sietse for being extremely generous and allowing konstantin to showcase these pieces of history, What a find, i can only dream about finding such things one day, an excellent video as always
That cork in the Mouton does look great! There are corks that are 10 years old that don’t look that good. Mouton is usually my least favorite first growth (just personal preference). I wish I was there for that Latour!! Last Autumn while I was shooting in Bordeaux, Latour invited me to come and visit but it was the day I was flying out to Tuscany!!! 😭
Thanks Sietse! And thanks Konstantin! My oldest Bordeaux was a Pichon-Longueville 1986. It was not the best but experience , but still memorable ! Cheers!
Thank you Sietse! I love watching this channel, and while I am new to wine tasting I hope I am lucky enough to even try some of the neat stuff shown on this channel!
What a cool video- glad (and envious) that at 2 of the bottles showed well. The one and only time I had a First Growth Bordeaux was 1964 Latour just a few months back. A local shop had found it in their basement and were selling it at a pretty good price, for a Latour at least...Bottle looked like it had been through a war. It was barely drinkable, unfortunately. Most of the wine ended up being used to make a pan sauce. Great work and keep these videos coming!
amazing to see that colour still left of the Latour! My oldest latour I've drank was I believe a '53, lafite oldest either '90 or something '80 area. Never had a Mouton before! Thanks for the great content as always :D
What a fantastic tasting absolutely loved it 🍷👍... Oh my oldest wine (bordeau) was 61 calon segur.. Tasted 100 year old Medeira (malmsey) both so fresh..
nice presentation of these 3 premier grand cru classe wines. you should try Chateau Cheval Blanc. It was quite exciting to try those vintages 1924, 1936 and 1940. so vivid for 24
We use to have thousands of wines from all over France from 1930-1938 . My great grandpa was a huge collector , had a massive cellar in Chile Pucon the size of a warehouse !
I drank ‘29 Lafite, (ex chateau)and ‘49 Latour, bought at auction (Maxime’s cellar) in 1999. BOTH PRISTINE!! 1896 Mouton tasted in ‘86, Pale but fresh.( I still own one, now, terribly ullaged.) ‘29 ch Armailhac ( pre Mouton) in the 80’s, alas, like dead leaves. I also own a ‘24 Mouton (ullaged more than half and looks almost clear) but the Carlu label and capsule are perfect!
I was so excited to see my name as a wine in this video. It would me. You see, my name is Claudette La Tour (maiden name) and I have started my own home base wine making business here in Guyana, South America. I know my name is French in origin and I haven't met anyone else with the name here. I heard of two other persons but never met them. I'm so happy that of the three wines, being so old, that La Tour was the best. Awesome. My business is named La Tour Artisan Wines . I never learned this art from any school. I just use local fruits, sugar and spices. I use Jamoon, Mango, banana, wild berries - anti desma, golden apple, guinip, etc, also vegetables- ginger, cucumber, tumeric, etc. Thank you.
It’s so funny you came out with this video. I told my wife last week that I wanted to open a Château Mouton d'Armailhac 1919 bottle we have for ~5 years that I bought in an auction. It’s crazy to think we are drinking a wine that was made just after WW1… The label condition is slightly better than these 3, plus the wine level seems normal, but you never know what’s inside! I guess I’ll find out in the upcoming days when we have the perfect night to do so
My guess is One bottle will not hurt you. But probably there is no stabilished number of bottles by health research. (Probably it is impossible to say.)
I think a video about counterfeit wine is mandatory now... How do you tell these are genuine? How can a Master tell fakes from true bottles? Have you ever stumped into a fake?
I'd be very interested. I'm not sure about these. Are corks too good condition for 100y bottles? Are they recorked? Labels are gone but only thing was save was words Mouton, Lafite and Latour? Coincidence? I'm not sure.
Found 3 bottles of late 60s Lafite in my grandparent's basement among other bottles. Two of the Lafite were corked and putrid. One bottle, at 40 years old at time of tasting, blew my mind. Never have I tasted something as good before or since.
How did these bottles evolve after opening? I opened a 1949 C. Vogue Musigny that was clear and brown but 7 hours later was INCREDIBLE! It fleshed out beautifully.
I have tried a number of bottles, most of them were gone quite fast (some because of the amount of people trying them) but I have also tried some 4 hours 8 hours an a day later. Did not do much for those bottles unfortunately. May have been the bottles. If they are any good, I fear for waiting to long and losing most flavor.
Hello Mr. Baum, another excellent video - thank you. While waiting for the tasting of recent first growth Chateau wines, can we get a tasting of German-famous but slightly obscure grapes? Trollinger, Schwarzriesling, Black Muscat and similar. It would be extremely interesting to know what you think about these + these are more accessible to people. Thank you in advance for consideration!
The oldest for me was a 1994 Cab Sauv from the Columbia Valley, it was falling apart but was still very interesting. The 1998 Merlot we tried right after was one of the best wines I've ever tried.
Konstantin, Your content is amazing but these bottles look sus. Old decayed label, that just happen to be clear enough to read the name, surprisingly good corks, no vintages on corks, good fill levels... Just a thought tho!
Obviously this was a small sample, but I would have guessed that order based on my own experiences tasting older first growths, mostly back when I was a student in the 1970s and 1980s and could afford them. Lafite was the consistently the most likely to be over the hill, with Mouton in the middle of the back. Latour OTOH has always seemed to me a world apart from the other first growths in that it seems ageless even in middling vintages. Those that were 40-50 years old looked more like a 10-15 year old wine in the glass, and they tasted very well. God knows how they do it, but they do.
Never tried any 1st growths! Think the best bottle I’ve had was a Lynch Bages from the 80s. I’d love the opportunity to try a first growth but the budget just doesn’t get me there yet
Thank you Sietse :) So what do you do with the wines in your videos when you review multiple wines. I would think that they would be too nice to waste. The oldest wine that I have ever tried is the 1997 Sawyer Vineyards (Napa), Cabernet Sauvignon.
Thanks a lot for an exciting video! As far as I know those times it could be added much more sulfur dioxide to wines. May this fact partially explain the longevity of these wines? Is there any exact data on permitted wine additives back then?
Hallo Konstatin, immer spannend Deine Weine und Kommentare ! Ich habe noch eine Fl. Ch.Mouton Rothschild 1865 William Bolther & CO Unitet Liquors, Mass. ca.15cm Schwund, versteinerter Kork, wunderschöne krumme Flasche, öffnen oder wieder hinlegen ? Weiss Du etwas über den Händler ? Lieber Gruss JPH
My oldest Bordeaux was a Chateau Malescot St. Exupery from Margaux. Vintage 1975. I really liked the wine and was impressed by it's quality. These wines can age so beautifully! The oldest wine in my cellar however is a sherry, the Toro Albalá PX Convento Selleción 1946. I'm waiting for the right occasion to open it.
So many thanks to you and the generous subscriber that shared these bottles. For most of us, we’ll never taste a first growth, or anything with 100 years on it, so this was a thrill.
My oldest bottle was a 1967 Chateau Margaux, which was given to me by my father on my 30st birthday back in 1998. Last year I drank it with my best friend to celebrate our 50 years of friendship. The wine was still fantastic…
The Latour seems very impressive - to think that something can be in the bottle for so long and still be so alive. The vineyard is a beautiful setting also- what a lovely place to visit! A fascinating insight. Nice one Konstantin! Cheers! 🍷❤️👍
For me it was Ch. Margaux 1906 (maderated, not good) and Ch. Lafite 1920 (best wine of my life), both tasted in the 70ties. And, as I always say, Latour never disappoints.
Absolutely Incredible tasting. Can't imagine what a century in bottle tastes like but definitely curious for the notes on the nose. Beautiful estates from Pauillac.
The oldest Bordeaux I've ever had - and oldest wine overall - was a 1975 C. Cantemerle in 2010 or '11. Grandpa had bought it en primeur (he's still well and drinking, alas, not buying big-time anymore). It was super-interesting but definitely over its peak. The best, however, came around the same time, a 1990 C. Lagrange. Basically ever since I've been looking to recreate that experience, albeit on a student budget so far.
1975 can be fickle as a vintage, but Cantemerle should have stood up to that, but maybe it was bottle variation that got it. Even on a student budget, isch, you can still find lots of 1981/1983/1985/1986/1988 smaller chateau bottlings that taste very well today! Batalliey, Pontet Canet, Camosac etc
