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others look for wines! The 1996 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne was pretty. No where near the complexity and overall power of the 1990, but still a pretty wine. Very nutty with lots of butterscotch and honey. A rich, minerally finish with tons of lemon (a LL hallmark...) The 1990 Chateau Certan de May, Pomerol was good, but very, very cedary. Almost so cedary that I believe that it masked a slight bit of corkiness... It didn't smell like cork, but the mid-palate was short and the finish lacked the usual Pomerol finesse. The star of the night (as it is pretty much whenever we get a chance to open one) was the 1955 Chateau Haut-Brion. While not the best bottle we've had (we put this one at number 3), this wine continues to astound me. Full of smokey bacon-fat and gravel. This just blew up after 15 minutes into pretty cedar and had a tremendous, powerful finish. Awesome stuff... always a treat.