Wines Tasted April 2, 2010

Chateau Lafon-Rochet - St. Estephe - Medoc - Bordeaux - 1970 - $NA - (Classic) - With a pale red color and brick rim, this wine showed every bit of its age.  It was a bit floculated with stirred sediment (a measure of its handling and not its storage) and decanted roughly, but was an enjoyable time machine in a bottle.  Dry cherry, currant and cranberry fruit aromas with sandlewood, tobacco and wet gravel notes added complexity.  It was dry and of low tannin, yet with acid on its side.  It was more of a, drink-and-think, than a drink-and-discuss, wine.  Left us before we left it.  Drink now if you own it....