I'll probably never see these again – both excellent condition/provenance bottles with original corks and near-perfect fill levels for the age. Tasting notes in the comments.
Beautiful powerful, profound aroma, which fills the glass. Still showing young – feels like a mature claret from the top vintages of the 1980s. Beautiful floral lift, dried flowers, rose, tobacco leaf, cedar. Still showing fruit! Dark cherry, cassis, fig. On the palate similar. Structure concentration yet a finesse and elegance. The fruit just beginning to fade but had held up truly remarkably. Long finish showing the layers of complexity. What an honour to drink this.
**1876 Tokaji Essencia**
Still sweet, vibrant, acidic. Wow. Lemon peel. Orange peel. Honey, brown sugar, apricot. Such vibrancy and bite from the acidity still, perfectly balancing the sweetness. Long. Long! And still so youthful. Utterly astonishing. I’d give this a 100 point score as it was perfect in every way. I don’t see how this could be better.
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**1945 Margaux**
Beautiful powerful, profound aroma, which fills the glass. Still showing young – feels like a mature claret from the top vintages of the 1980s. Beautiful floral lift, dried flowers, rose, tobacco leaf, cedar. Still showing fruit! Dark cherry, cassis, fig. On the palate similar. Structure concentration yet a finesse and elegance. The fruit just beginning to fade but had held up truly remarkably. Long finish showing the layers of complexity. What an honour to drink this.
**1876 Tokaji Essencia**
Still sweet, vibrant, acidic. Wow. Lemon peel. Orange peel. Honey, brown sugar, apricot. Such vibrancy and bite from the acidity still, perfectly balancing the sweetness. Long. Long! And still so youthful. Utterly astonishing. I’d give this a 100 point score as it was perfect in every way. I don’t see how this could be better.