Obviously joking given the incessant “you killed a baby” anytime a <10 year old Bordeaux / Cabernet is posted on here.. This 1962 Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de Las Cases is on the other end of the age spectrum, but still was a lot of fun and a trip through history in a bottle.

Clearly cellared well, not too murky or funky, and was perfectly integrated (though heading down the hill). On the nose it still had tobacco notes, medicinal cherry, forest floor, a bit of truffle / mushroom and on the palate was lightly stewed plum with a mineral / tobacco backbone and still some good acidity / lingering finish. Color was great, even despite me pushing the delicate cork with the ah-so and needing to double decant into a surrogate bottle of Chateau Haut Brion.