The 75 Gruaud is one of the few better known 75s that has turned out
very good in the long term(very few 75s were atractive in the short
term). Clive Coates rates it as 17/20 in his new book and says drink now
until 2008+. Compare this to his ratings for the swills from Lafite 75
(14/20) and Ch. Margaux(13/20). Of course Latour did rather well in 75.

There are several other older vintages of Gruaud Larose that still are
drinking qute well. A vertical needs the 1970, 1961, and 1959, although
this is not possible in many cases these days.. The 1959 might be he
best Gruaud around that still is holding well, but it must have had
perfect storage and needs to be consumed very soon. The 1961, of which I
have some, probably will hold several more years. It is perhaps second
best to the 59 by a hair. The 1970 is very good and was still drinking
well about a year ago.

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