Salty's Pub & Bistro, Clifton Park, NY
Tasted Thursday, November 5, 2015 by kenv with 571 views
My Albany area group gathered to taste wines provided by one member (Larry S). The wines were served totally blind. That is, we were told absolutely nothing about the wines before or during the tasting. John Marzilli and his staff prepared an excellent and abundant meal to go with the wines.
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http://www.finewinegeek.com/tn/2015-11-05_WCC_Snavs_Saltys/
This was a wonderful experience. It is certainly challenging to taste wines totally blind and have to make up your own mind without external clues. It's like reading or watching a great mystery that you can't fully appreciate until the very end.
In this case, I was quite sure by flight 3 that these were all Old World-style Cabernet-based wines. I thought most likely Bordeaux, but something hinted that they could be Spanish or Italian. Guess I had to go a little farther east for the Musar.
1970 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
[Double decanted for one hour the previous evening.] Dirty, mulchy, dried up old wine. Drink up, with far less decant. Group WOTN. Go figure.
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1972 Chateau Musar 87 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
[Double decanted for one hour the previous evening.] No nose. Silky. Tart mulch, pleasant.
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1975 Chateau Musar 86 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
[Double decanted for one hour the previous evening.] Sweet, delicate. Very mature. Could be old Burgundy or Barolo or Bordeaux. Hard to tell at this stage of decay.
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1978 Chateau Musar 78 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
[Double decanted for one hour the previous evening.] Musty, too old or too much air time.
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