1976 Brown Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon Koombahla

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 93 points

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  9/12/2021 - yodamark Likes this wine: 93 Points

  An interesting old King valley Browns Cabernet that most would consider past its best or undrinkable. When first opened it was poo pooed with upturned noses due to some old stink and VA and clearly displayed "I'm old and tired" characters. As we all know, avid followers and proteges, with old bottles of wine it can be a lottery as to whether they improve or fall over. Colour and nose suggested it was going to die a fast death but the palate showed promise so we let it open and breathe and then in about 10 minutes Division 1 in tatts kicked in. I dont recall seeing such a wine do a magic act and reverse itself. Ooops i mean "invert" itself. And clearly i need to expand Yodamark's theory of "invertedness" into some old other varieties. This did a Lazarus and opened to a lovely sweet long medium bodied classy earthy red fruited savoury palate, a little watery but still nice. The nose continued to protest and gave up but in the mouth a lovely lovely drop. Past its best but i suspect a well cellared bottle still at BON or above would be even fresher. Further evidence of how great the old reds are in North East Victoria.

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