r/wine • u/ProfJape • 1d ago
1945 Pommard
I’ve never tried a 1945 Burgundy before, but it was said to be a great (albeit small) vintage, as in Bordeaux. We opened the left of these 2 bottles at a tasting. The bottles were slightly smaller (50cl) than modern equivalents. The cork came out almost intact with my Durand. I didn’t decant it. The wine had an amazing bouquet, including leather, caramel and coffee. It was surprisingly smooth and really easy to drink, but was soon gone.
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u/cmmatthews Wino 1d ago
Absolutely bonkers to think these grapes were hanging while Hitler shot himself in a bunker. Kinda doesn’t matter what it tasted like.
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u/Mattie1308 1d ago
Low levels and brown colour in the glass … not oxidised ?!?
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u/ProfJape 1d ago
I thought it was just rather old and tired, like I will be if I hit 80. To me, the level of the one bottle was pretty good for its age. I’m not an expert in old wine, but it was a lot more drinkable than the 1915 Vosne-Romanée I had 5 years ago!
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u/mattmoy_2000 Wino 1d ago
I had a '47 Nuits that was similarly ullaged and brown coloured and somehow magically not oxidised.
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u/ProfJape 17h ago
Yes I expect that’s probably a normal colour for an 80 year old wine.
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u/mattmoy_2000 Wino 16h ago
Michael Broadbent tells a story of his son swapping in some Coca cola in a lineup of ancient Burgundies as a joke, so clearly it isn't far off the expected colour.
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u/FocusIsFragile 1d ago
Amazing labels and foils for such ancient wine. Assuming this whole thing went down in Burgundy?
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u/ProfJape 1d ago
We opened this as part of a Burgundy tasting in Cornwall, UK.
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u/FocusIsFragile 1d ago
Cool. Can you share anything about the provenance of the 1945’s?
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u/ProfJape 1d ago
I bought these on a UK wine internet auction site and wasn’t able to establish where they were stored or where they came from. Perhaps on this basis they weren’t expensive and so I believe to be genuine. The closest bouquet I’ve encountered was when I opened a bottle of 1965 Kopke Colheita Port.
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u/Other-Fun9280 21h ago
Do you mind me asking where in Cornwall? I worked in a wine shop in Fowey, Cornwall before moving to the U.S.
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u/ProfJape 17h ago
The wine club meets in Truro but some members travel for miles to get together. Fowey is a pretty village to live in - I know the antique shops, but I don’t know the wine shop. We don’t have that many independent wine shops that sell fine wine round here unfortunately.
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u/Other-Fun9280 11h ago
How fun, I wasn’t aware such a club existed there. It’s a new shop established 2 or 3 years ago called John’s Wines. They have a branch out in St Ives and recently opened in Fowey. They produce their own spiced rum that’s worth trying if you pass through.
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