Community Tasting Note
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PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 98 points
January 8, 2015 - Holiday dinner with Washington DC Winos (Ripple Restaurant in Washington D.C.): With time in glass, this wine got better and better and I am going well above the average point score on Cellar Tracker, because this particular bottle, thank you Chris Bublitz, started singing with time in glass. Not literally of course. It was hard to tell the color but medium garnet with bricking on the edges, this wine tasted younger than its years - with plenty of tannin and structure, but oh so accessible and oh so smooth. More cool blue fruit rather than red, with high acidity to match the ripe fruit. 1962 is an underrated vintage, coming on the heels of the exceptional 1961, more experienced tasters point out. The pronounced flavors included tertiary notes of cedar on the very long finish. Not quite as long or as sweet as the 1959, but this was just amazing.
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2 Comments
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Peliot commented:
1/14/15, 10:21 AM - Thanks. Would you decant this? How long after popping did it start to drink well? Thanks
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PanosKakaviatos commented:
1/16/15, 10:11 AM - Thanks for your question. Given its 50+ years of age, I would be cautious and open the bottle the morning of the day you plan to serve it, presuming it is for dinner time, to check the wine of course, but also to give it some minimal contact with oxygen for several hours. Not sure I would go so far as a decant. It was enjoyable to see it evolve (positively) in glass.