Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Saturday, January 28, 2023 - California 1978 (Zunfthaus zur Waag, Zurich): Grand tasting of 1978 California wines, mostly from Napa. Main takeaways: i/ surprisingly high quality on average for wines that were not intended for such long-term aging with plenty of primary fruit left, ii/ but within the detail nonetheless a broad range with the worst few suffering from clear signs of fatigue while the best showed hardly age, iii/ top wines were Phelps Cab Sauv (97), Firestone Cab Sauv (95), and Beaulieu George de Latour Private Reserve (95). Full list sorted by score included in the tasting story.

Tasting note:
Sweet berry fruit, leather and wet, turf-like earth. While this started sweet and sexy with strawberry candy notes, with time in the glass some soy notes started to emerge. The palate, however, still with a firm structure, tangible tannin and a long and leathery finish.

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