It survived! I am comparing this vintage to 1974, which I tried a day before and had to spit it out as it was completely undrinkable. The cork was oxidized, and though there was no obvious leakage, the level was mid-high shoulder. This wine had similar strong barn and old wood nose on the borderline of being repelling, but in an hour+, the bottle stench had gone down letting other more subtle aromas to show up. Candied fruit and sour cherry on the pallet although overall not much flavor was left there.
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Declined materially in the past 2 years. I believed it's over for the wine. Tonight quite acidic as the fruit as relented. I have a few left so will post those notes in the next year.
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Very transparent bottle, some loss, but kept well. Took 4-5 hours to open up, before that very bloody and metallic. Amazing brick color, got redder as time went on. Opened up nicely, great musty smell. Overripe fruit, thawed strawberries, sour cherries, wet wood. Drank casually without meal, then second day half glass with veal dish, excellent start to finish.
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11/11/2022 - mryev wrote: 82 Points
It survived! I am comparing this vintage to 1974, which I tried a day before and had to spit it out as it was completely undrinkable. The cork was oxidized, and though there was no obvious leakage, the level was mid-high shoulder. This wine had similar strong barn and old wood nose on the borderline of being repelling, but in an hour+, the bottle stench had gone down letting other more subtle aromas to show up. Candied fruit and sour cherry on the pallet although overall not much flavor was left there.
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4/17/2020 - tomoem wrote:
Repeating notes .....Declined materially since last night. Frankly gone.
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4/16/2020 - tomoem wrote:
Declined materially in the past 2 years. I believed it's over for the wine. Tonight quite acidic as the fruit as relented. I have a few left so will post those notes in the next year.
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3/4/2019 - jeffcaf1 Likes this wine:
Very transparent bottle, some loss, but kept well. Took 4-5 hours to open up, before that very bloody and metallic. Amazing brick color, got redder as time went on. Opened up nicely, great musty smell. Overripe fruit, thawed strawberries, sour cherries, wet wood. Drank casually without meal, then second day half glass with veal dish, excellent start to finish.
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2/6/2018 - tomoem wrote: 88 Points
Similar to previous notes but just not as much fun as prior tasting. I think this bottle was not as well kept.
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