Community Tasting Note

Friday, June 3, 2022 - One of the 79 birth year wines went down today in the presence of the "four 79ers" all present today. Amazing how youthful this is. Nose of muddled brambly toasted black fruit. The nose of this wine was so youthful moments after a 43 year sleep. Roasted peppers, eucalyptus, charred blackberry spice. The cork was about 80% saturated but a Durand had no issues. The palate was half black cherry, half blackberries on the front. Campfire roasted smoky poblano pepper, and a savory grilled meat and bacon fat note on the finish. What a wine. I debated opening this, but I still believe that it wouldn't have shown as well today as it would have yesterday, nor tomorrow. Today was the day. In the presence of the four 79ers, this wine showed impeccably well with great structure and density. My wine of the year this far over the last four years, and one of the few 99 scores that I've given in 2 decades. A year and a half after tasting this, I have revised my score from 99 to 100. First perfect wine I have had.

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Comment posted by Shay.Aldriedge:

6/3/2022 7:24:00 PM - I agree wholeheartedly with this. Wine of the year candidate, and one of the greatest old wines I’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying. What a bottle! The sweet & tangy ying/yang on the finish had me mesmerized.
Comment posted by Jith:

7/1/2022 8:57:00 PM - Did you decant it and if so for how long. We have one and plan to open it soon.
Comment posted by mflesh:

7/1/2022 9:43:00 PM - I believe decanting it probably would have made it go downhill sooner. It was perfectly fine in bottle. Between about 8-10 drinkers it lasted all of 30 minutes and was in a great spot within minutes of cork pop.
Comment posted by Jith:

7/13/2022 9:44:00 PM - thanks for the advice. I thought as much....