Community Tasting Note

Junior wrote:

Friday, September 5, 2008 - Muzzie's Cellar; 8/30/2008-9/10/2008 (Muzzie's house and other places): We opened this wine with some trepidation. It is one of about 40 bottles of wine that remain from my father-in-law's cellar. He passed away in 1998 and a few years later his garage wine cooler crashed and the wine may have sat in the heat for some time (we just don't know). The wine was then stored in a refrigerator for a number of years, albeit on a low (warmer) setting. So storage is an issue. The wines are mostly from the late seventies through the mid-nineties but some are of earlier vintages. At least one bottle of first growth Bordeaux has proven to be bad.

The very good news: This was excellent. It opened with a ripe, full bouquet of dark fruit and leather and a spicy, herby woodiness. The palate seemed out of whack at first, acid and thin, but after a just a minute or two of air seemed to open into the same sort of fullness of fruit. It seemed youthful, full and ripe, but with a nice stony minerality accenting the fruit. Smooth, ripe tannins and a long finish complete the picture of a fine, if not quite magnificent, drink.

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