1976 Couly-Dutheil Chinon La Baronnie Madeleine
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Friday, January 23, 2015 - 3rd time lucky! 1st btl was smashed inside the suitcase, 2nd was incredibly, undrinkably dead.
Magnificiently black cork, with layers of "black hard stuff", like crystals. Broke upon extraction, the bottom part crumbled. Took some tinkering...
Very light matured red.
Aromas are faint to start with but blooms in to a purple, flowery CF-bouquet with cold cut veggies and (especially) star fruit en masse. Elegant, gentle, mature and graceful. After a while, also faint grilled Schinken. The foundation is always a strong mineral character of wet terracotta.
In the mouth this is superbly balanced: it has matured with astonishing grace. An amazing wine with a gentle structure, completely transparent. M tannins are almost molten but the intensity of the fruit will live long, still. The mid-palate is flawless but the long finish is a little blurry and not 100% distinct. The M++ acids make this wine lively and a food wine of sorts. (Married the extra hot chorizos: directly from the microwave.)
What is there not to love with this etheral wine?
Must have had some amazingly tough tannins when it was young.
Mature Loire CF is almost always right in my teapot. Bam! A smacker!
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