Community Tasting Note

graemeg wrote:

Sunday, December 7, 2014 - NobleRottersSydney - Christmas Lunch 2014 (Greg's place): {cork} Here’s a curio. The inaugural vintage of a short-lived, occasional cuvee; a legacy of the same ex-Qantas marketing manager who gave Penfolds the still extant Bin 707. All shiraz, from the Barossa and Clare valleys. Level is mid-shoulder. Saturated cork. Decanted into a closed vessel for about 2 hours prior to sampling. Alarmingly murky brown. Aged leathery nose; a hint only of volatility probably because it doesn’t quite seem to have the energy to be powerfully acetic. The palate is the best part of all; soft and leathery, yes, but like furniture polish; still alive and not too bacterial. Dry, lovely even presence on the palate. Barely medium-bodied at nearly 50 years old, but really surprisingly good. More surprising than enthralling, but a privilege to taste anyway; thanks Geoffrey.

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