Community Tasting Note

leighammitz wrote:

Sunday, October 25, 2020 - When asked for a score what do you put for a wine from an unfortunate vintage , I remember ‘87 it was a miserable summer , perhaps it should be 90 ? I think this was the only one I had , there’s an ‘86 still there . I’ll admit I’m not a fan of straight Cabernets and I’m sure Wynns we’re wishing for some Merlot when they released this one . So the wine was still up in the neck 10mm and it had been upright for a couple of weeks , on decanting some lovely red roses wafted up , very little sediment , for a wine of 33years . From past experience I new that I would need to get into this quick smart before the fruit disappeared , I was still working through a glass of Chardonnay so poured a glass for the other member of the house , no response , sorry haven’t tried umm nice cherry smell ... ok , so my turn can’t quite see much fruit , a helluva lot of capsicum and eucalyptus and f’ing hell the tannins ...not only did they dry the mouth out it felt like they shrank my brain . Definitely enough of that for the night . Evening 2 , I’m cooking although I did sample a bit of the wine mid morning , not much change there , right 1800hrs wine o’clock back to it, where’s the fruit , it’s on the nose but still those mouth watering tannins , right , call me a philistine Ill add a dash of water , there’s the fruit , rhubarb cherries and capsicum ( vegetable ? ) I do this quite a bit if the wine doesnt come around , a bit of white a bit rose , try again the next night . So in the end what did I get , well a Cabernet that had quite a bit greenness and those tannins , just straight up and down Cabernet good length but just a bit mean , lively I grant you , who knows it maybe good for another 10 years , but I don’t think there’s the fruit to go the distance . It went reasonably well with dinner Barramundi with fennel spring onions rice and a fish sauce . Who would’ve thought . Although I’ve had sparkling wine and blue cheese , excellent.

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