I am behind in my tasting notes. These notes will be brief. AQll
bottles had been stored properly by me since shortly after release,
The fills were all high, and there were no cork or other issues.

Forster Jesuitengarten Riesling Auslese1976, Bassermann-Jordan, AP Nr.
5 106 064 577. Still holding well. Very ripe and full, but with not as
much tropical fruit as some of the best 76 auslesen. Perhaps a bit
soft. There was nearly too much heat in 76 for this vineyard, and, in
my opinion, the best of the 76 Rauenthalers were better and loaded
with tropical fruit, honey, and enough acidity.

Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 1976, von Hovel. AP Nr. 3525
781/5/77. Fully mature and holding. Clean petrol old Riesling
character. Enough acid. Grapefruit and mixed temperate fruit. While
this is a very good wine and very good value, it is not up to Egon
Muller's very outstanding 76 and 71 auslesen which would now cost you
a fortune if you can find them at all.

Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Auslese 1975, Thanisch, AP Nr. 2 598 176
129 76. Holding well. Typical 75 Mosel character which is not as rich
and tropical as the 76s. Good balance. Some clean petrol character.

Mouton-Rothschild 1970. Mouton is one of the most difficult wines for
me to evaluate when young, and apparently for many others. It can be
dumb and tannic for many years. I have reported on it here in recent
years, and all of the recent bottles have been much the same. It is a
quite full wine, still has decent fruit, and the tannins have resolved
enough so that the wine shows well. While not up to the blockbuster 61
or 45 Moutons, it is quite decent. On auction in the UK, the 70 Mouton
is now selling for more than any of the first growths with the
exception of Latour. Of course Petrus is more expensive, as usual.

Le Montrachet 1981, Louis Latour. Latour's Le Montrachet from this era
came from someone else. If I remember correctly, Latour exchanged some
of his top whites with another grower so they would both have more of
the top wines to sell. This wine is light lemon in color and still
holding well. It is fairly big with a long aftertaste. There is a bit
of stone fruit character. Although there is oak, it is not excessive.
The balance is good. Perhaps not up to DRC and a few others, but not
bad.