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the 2001 Rene Mure Gewurztraminer is a simple, easy wine... completly dry and full-bodied with lychee spiciness and richness that you would expect from an Alsace Gewurztraminer in a classic vintage. Not going to blow you away, but a very nice drink... The 1986 Chateau Talbot was without question the single best bottle of this St.-Julien 4th Growth that I've ever had. Very full and showing notes of cedar, tobacco, leather, graphite, cassis and black plum on the long, elegant finish. This wine went on and on forever... I was even more amazed this wine was great as the fill level was mid to top shoulder(!). I brought a backup of the 1989 Chateau Beychevelle, and this wine, while good, was like drinking water compared to the incredibly complex Talbot. Black plums, a little cedar, and black earth. This wine is rated higher by virtually everyone, but it was not showing its best today.