By Ronald Rens, M. Sc., Wine Master, President of The Bordeaux Wine Experience

 Dinner Millésimes de Collection at Chateau Angélus, Part 5

The Wines
During a dinner like this you will usually taste wines from all First Growths that are present. That’s why the wines are served in flights of two or three wines per dish. In the table you can see all five flights and the vintages plus bottle sizes.

I will give you my favorites of the evening, sorted by decade:
The nineties: Angélus 1990 (from double Magnum).
The eighties: Cheval Blanc 1988 (from Magnum)
The seventies: Canon 1979 and the Belair 1975, both from Magnum
The sixties: The great La Gaffelière 1966 and the superb Figéac 1964
The fifties: The wonderful Trottevieille 1955, the sole competitor, and a great wine.

My personal favorites were the oldies. If you have seen my cellar you know that I prefer older wines.
The winners of the evening were without a doubt the Chateau Figéac 1964 and the Chateau Trottevieille 1955.
Although both were great, we all agreed that the winner of the evening was yet again Figéac! Why yet again? Because in 2007 Figéac stole the show at the same dinner with their impressive 1950 vintage. Thierry Manoncourt at the great old age of 91 years, again brought the most remarkable wine of the evening.

You can read more about the Figéac 1964 in “What Ronald has been drinking this month”.
It is always a moving experience to drink such old wines. The 1955 Trottevieille was made before I was even born. This thought alone literally gives you goose bumps. You just drink history!
That Monsieur Manoncourt’s wines helps people age gracefully, was proven by him personally: he finished Ronnie Kole’s concert with his toe!

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