Jenise
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Patchen Markell
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1996 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
Fully mature; in fact a bit past it.
David M. Bueker
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Jenise
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David M. Bueker
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Patchen Markell wrote:1996 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
Fully mature; in fact a bit past it.
Ruh-roh. I only have two of these, but it sounds like it's past time to open one.
Jenise
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Tim York wrote:Patchen Markell wrote:1996 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
Fully mature; in fact a bit past it.
Ruh-roh. I only have two of these, but it sounds like it's past time to open one.
My bottles, last opened in January, have been fine for my palate, indeed remarkably consistent. I'm not in a great hurry to open the 6 remaining bottles. That said, I wouldn't expect remains in an opened bottle of any 21 year old claret to hold up 24 hours.
A lot depends on personal taste in degrees of evolution as well as on storage history. My dozen were bought soon after the bottles appeared on the market and were in their intact wooden case until 2015.
David M. Bueker
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
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Jenise wrote:Tim, the 98 Grand Puy Lacoste and 01 Leoville Barton were both opened for the same event as the SM, and both improved over several days. I'm the first owner of all, and storage under my care has been great (could have been issues during the retail phase of custody, of course, that's always possible).
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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David M. Bueker
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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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David M. Bueker wrote:Swampy sure does not sound like Sociando.
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