Wines of a lifetime: 1945 Margaux and a 1876 Tokaji Essencia
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.
by remyworldpeace
21 Comments
remyworldpeace
**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.
710_feet_high
Absolutely killer experience! Congrats on winning r/wine for the day!
WineNerdAndProud
Brother what.
ledeuxmagots
What is there even to say.
JoeMarini
where did you get these??
dkmd1999
Amazing. This is why I love this community. Great notes on the unobtanium (at least for me)
_indeed_
Speechless. How in the…? Wow. Thank you for sharing: that is one special experience.
Shdwrptr
I’ve had a lot of wine in my life and a handful of certifications and I’m not sure I’d be worthy of drinking these wines.
Thanks for sharing your experience and notes.
m0nkyman
#envy
AaronRodgersMustache
My brother in Christ, how did you happen upon these!?
not__a__consultant
No fucking way. Unbelievably cool post and nice notes. The FOMO is off the charts!
Ex-Gen-Wintergreen
Excuse me
RemarkableEar2836
Wow, happy for you and great notes. lol this sub really veers wildly between ‘ have y’all tried Meiomi, soooo good,’ and brothers drinking expensive 150 year old juice.
remyworldpeace
FYI I’ve been brought down to earth currently waiting for my 2am flight out of Haneda on a budget airline!!
jontseng
Was the essencia like a wine or a syrup? I ask because nowadays essencia is basically a 3% alc slightly boozy syrup, rather than a wine per se. Curious is the OG version was the same thing.
Also what was the provenance? Interesting to see the BBR label on there! I assume back in those days wine was largely imported in the barrel and bottled by the merchant.
El_Robski
Drinking wine from the Austro Hungarian Empire is one thing but drinking wine from when the Austro Hungarian Empire wasn’t even 10 years old is another thing. Later Kaiser Wilhelm II could’ve perfectly drank it as a high school gift or whatever the equivalent was as he was 17 in 1876. Sorry this is my inner historian geeking out. And Margaux 45 man, what a great post!!
back_tees
1945? You sure you weren’t just projecting?
Either-Breadfruit-83
I’ll take “things I’ll never experience in my lifetime” for 1000, Alex.
ah-balone
I was going to open the same two bottles last night but I’m saving them for a Monday.
dansnexusone
Unbelievable. So jealous of that 45 Margaux.
SubstantialDonut1
Damn that’s cool as hell. May the gods protect you from my seething envy.
21 Comments
**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.
Absolutely killer experience! Congrats on winning r/wine for the day!
Brother what.
What is there even to say.
where did you get these??
Amazing. This is why I love this community. Great notes on the unobtanium (at least for me)
Speechless. How in the…? Wow. Thank you for sharing: that is one special experience.
I’ve had a lot of wine in my life and a handful of certifications and I’m not sure I’d be worthy of drinking these wines.
Thanks for sharing your experience and notes.
#envy
My brother in Christ, how did you happen upon these!?
No fucking way. Unbelievably cool post and nice notes. The FOMO is off the charts!
Excuse me
Wow, happy for you and great notes. lol this sub really veers wildly between ‘ have y’all tried Meiomi, soooo good,’ and brothers drinking expensive 150 year old juice.
FYI I’ve been brought down to earth currently waiting for my 2am flight out of Haneda on a budget airline!!
Was the essencia like a wine or a syrup? I ask because nowadays essencia is basically a 3% alc slightly boozy syrup, rather than a wine per se. Curious is the OG version was the same thing.
Also what was the provenance? Interesting to see the BBR label on there! I assume back in those days wine was largely imported in the barrel and bottled by the merchant.
Drinking wine from the Austro Hungarian Empire is one thing but drinking wine from when the Austro Hungarian Empire wasn’t even 10 years old is another thing. Later Kaiser Wilhelm II could’ve perfectly drank it as a high school gift or whatever the equivalent was as he was 17 in 1876. Sorry this is my inner historian geeking out. And Margaux 45 man, what a great post!!
1945? You sure you weren’t just projecting?
I’ll take “things I’ll never experience in my lifetime” for 1000, Alex.
I was going to open the same two bottles last night but I’m saving them for a Monday.
Unbelievable. So jealous of that 45 Margaux.
Damn that’s cool as hell. May the gods protect you from my seething envy.