La Tour Haut Brion ( very top shoulder, No foil) - 1978 (750ml) Corton-Charlemagne Adding water coaxes more cinnamon

Adding water coaxes more cinnamon and clove

Mash Bill Percentages: 74% Corn

tightly wound and textured

with deeply layered

This wine is made from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc grown in clay-limestone

La Tour Haut Brion ( very top shoulder, No foil) - 1978 (750ml) Corton-Charlemagne Adding water coaxes more cinnamonThis is a wine I try to purchase at wine auctions. One of the top wines of the 1978 vintage, La Tour Haut Brion's color remains a murky garnet purple. An explosive nose offers up aromas of roasted meats and herbs, truffles, licorice, Asian spices, and sweet black currant fruit. It is powerful, muscular, and full bodied, with considerable tannin. This profoundly rich wine is just beginning to reach its plateau of maturity, where it should remain for