1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

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1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

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For dinner at the 1955 horizontal Christian Seely donated a 1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville. Wow! Huge nose, still full of tannin structure. Bone dry, delicious, and tannic. ‟Just huge!”, says my note written after eight ports. Very impressive.
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Re: 1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

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To find a claret that was able to stand up for itself after 8 impressive ports was a real surprise.

This was a delight to drink and a wonderful accompaniment to a delicious steak & kidney pudding.
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Re: 1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

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I'm a complete novice when it comes to tasting good quality claret so I do not have much to say about this wine apart from it was extremely nice, went well with the steak and kidney pudding and was a spectacularly generous contribution from Christian.
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I don't even normally like red wine and I could tell that this one was amazing. Superb!
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Re: 1955 Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

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Fabulous:
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Second bottle of this was send to Germany to complement the 55 tasting there. Showed exactly alike. Very good. Thank you deeply, Christian.

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