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Dennis J. Foley, Comte Lur-Saluces
1983Beverly Wiltshire Hotel
A beautifully bound, fine and extra-ordinary original hand-written record of one of the greatest wines of the world, containing the tasting notes of the spectacular vertical tasting of sixty-five vintages of Chateau d'Yquem over two days, hosted by the Comte at the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel between April 30th and May 1st 1983.
Signed by Comte Alexandre de Lur Saluces, longtime owner of Yquem and descendant of the family owning the vineyards since the late mid-eighteenth century, who conducted the tasting, the great wine connoisseur Dennis Foley, who wrote these notes, and three other attendees. The vintages: - 1858, 1861, 1869, 1871, 1874, 1892-3, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1913-14, 1916-21, 1923-29, 1933-40, 1943-71 (no vintage declared in 1950-51), 1972, 1975-1978. This line-up included all of the great vintages produced from 1893 to 1978; a line up all the more extraordinary given that no vintage was declared in 1910, 1915, 1930, 1951 ,1952, 1964, 1972 and 1974. Most notes include a comment attributed to the Comte Alexandre de Lur Saluces (1934 -2023) . Signed to by five attendees including the Comte, Ed Lazarus and Geoffrey Troy. "Chateau d'Yquem, the greatest wine of Sauternes and according to the famous 1855 classification, of the entire Bordeaux region. It is sweet, golden, and apparently almost immortal." ¹  More Details
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