1956 Penfolds Club Tawny
Community Tasting Note
JerM wrote:
Friday, March 1, 2013 - (Brunner: Mich&Bo's w Ads, Just, Paul and Newan) Dark, viscous, inviting, with salted caramel, soy, preserved wintermelon, hospital/lab disinfectant, teak/mahogany, toasted walnut/pecans, oyster sauce, butter menthol, treacle, golden and maple syrup. Unending layers of complexity waiting to be teased out, peeled and enjoyed. Focused, balanced, tight, yet with an intriguing lightness and softness to it all. No fireworks, just a constant, glowing ember, ending long and sustained with eucalypt menthol notes, lingering well into the night. Remarkable stuff!
[edit May2014: Apparently made in the the mid/late 70's before the truth in labelling laws were required: a tawny port blended from a range of years the average of which was 1956, meaning there's stuff older + younger than 1956!]
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