Can anyone help me as I have tried the internet to find the answer…
NV Chapoutier Cuvee Speciale Numerotee La Mordoree?
I got this at auction but can’t find a thing about it, anyone?
TIA
So my own follow up…
It turns out that Max Chapoutier made differing cuvees from differing vintages in the 60’s and 70’s.
He would take his best years and blend them together, the only example I can gleam would be Vega Sicilia and what they did with their non-vintage bottling, these were considered very high end costing $50 or more in the 70’s.
The wines were raised in chestnut.
From what I can tell they bottled 500 cases at a time.
They did this with CNP as well.
Color and fill are great.
So pretty frickin’ cool, I can’t tell you the last time I had to do an extensive amount of leg work to find out what a wine is, I love this stuff. I have taken pictures and will post if I can figure out how…
Follow up from the winery-
‘Dear Jason
I can tell you that these bottle was bottled in 1955 and it’s a blend of wines of 1950 to 1955.
It was the grnad father of Michel who maked this wine
sincerely, xxxxxx’
So my next question, anyone had a Cote Rotie from this era?
The fill looks great, color great, the top looks a little wonky, and if I figure out how to post a picture I will.
any ideas?
Jason – cool story. Hope you can figure out the photos – would love to see the bottle and label…
Thought you needed help consuming it from the title…bummer
Who says I don’t need help consuming it, what is a better reason to try it but for ‘educational’ purposes…