Serena SutcliffeAn average-quantity vintage of 31hl/ha, and quite a highnatural alcohol degree for the time of 12.6. The then owner Jacques Fourcaud-Laussac considered chaptalization to be out of the question. The absolute original Cairo spice-bazaar nose. Inky, iodé, miraculous wine. So creamy in texture. Riveting. This time it wiped the floor with the 1955 and 1953, which only goes to show that,at this stage, every bottle is different, and a multitude of shifting organisms in wine of this age contribute to the extreme individuality of each tasting. This was one of my wines of the entire event.