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January 15, 2020 - Stained label, high shoulder fill. Under the capsule the bottle was sticky and there was a little residue on the edges of the cork. The cork was wet to the top but brittle, and broke off a half inch from the bottom. That piece ended up pushing into the bottle. A Durand may have extracted it in one piece.
I decanted the entire bottle thru a Rabbit filter funnel. The color was brownish red, with great clarity and near colorless at the edges.
The first aroma I noticed reminded me of sherry.
In the glass the oxidative aroma persisted but was not strong and the wine was ok.
Sweet/dry fruit and almost nonexistent tannins made the wine pleasurable even though this bottle was obviously on its last legs.
No noticeable change thru dinner, lasting about 1 1/2 hours.
I saved the last glass for a couple extra hours. There was no improvement, and perhaps it had started to falter.
A few years ago this may have been a 90-91 point wine but it would be unfair to add a score based on the condition of this bottle.1,134 views