12/13/23, 3:40 PM - Funny, I had a couple of past-their-prime bottles in 2008. I just now discovered that I still had one bottle left and it’s fantastic, with no sign if advanced aging and a solid core of fruit.
1/14/22, 5:25 PM - Just drank my last bottle and gave it 93 pts. (Posted note on CellarTracker). I am surprised by how this wine has retained so much fruit and such a full-bodied nature. It is more expressive now than it was 5, 10 and 15 years ago, and for many years was pretty closed. However, the fruit is starting to show some stray/prune notes and it’s probably time to think about finishing any remaining bottles. A bit overpowering on the finish both in terms of tannin and slightly over-extracted, over-ripe fruit keeps it from being an even higher-scoring wine.
11/25/20, 2:24 PM - Something was wrong with your bottle. Drinking it now (admittedly, from magnum) and the acidity is not especially high, and nothing austere about it. Plenty of soft fruit—pear, apricot and apple, very slightly off-dry (or at least a perception of sweetness.... possibly an illusion created by the fruit flavors). Good stuff. Perfect Thanksgiving wine....
10/29/19, 4:04 PM - Just opened mine tonight (10 days after yours), and my bottle matches yours exactly. Brown, vague oxidized notes and seems very advanced for a ‘99. Not corked, and seal on cork seemed fine. Something is not right as this tastes like a not-great 40 year old Barolo. FWIW, my bottle was imported from Polanar Selections.
11/16/19, 8:10 AM - I actually don’t think it’s the wine, I think it’s problem with some bottles (whether a bottling issue or distribution chain (heat) issue). However I just opened my last bottle (intending to taste and pour out if it was ruined like the last one). It was purchased at the same me and place, stores by me since. However this bottle was pretty terrific, fresh and proper. Nothing earth shattering but very much what you’d expect from the wine, probably 93-points, and delightful and enjoyable. Not even any real bricking, let alone the brown wine I had a couple of weeks back....
2/1/18, 6:11 PM - Mine is a bit cooked too. Cork looks fine and I’ve treated it well since purchase on release from Zachys (I think). It’s just a little stewey but that shouldn’t be the case with a 2004. This is my third bottle and I’m drinking through them rapidly to get rid of them. (They’re still quite drinkable, just a bit stewed and advanced looking for the vintage at this age).
7/1/13, 6:32 PM - I'm finishing off the bottle as I type. It was pretty expressive out of the bottle, but is even better today, but I wouldn't do anything radical that could potentially screw up the wine. 2-3 hours in the decanter certainly won't hurt and might help a bit. Try to save a glass or 1/3 bottle for day 2...
4/18/13, 6:34 PM - We opened it and had a small glass (to get some air into the bottle) about 1 hour before we actually drank the majority of the bottle. I think the little bit of aeration helped, although it was never particularly closed/tight....If you want to decant, an hour or two wouldn't hurt, but I wouldn't do anything insane like 6-10+ hours....
12/11/12, 6:20 AM - If it were the Costco wine they would have had to rebottle it in the Varej bottles....I saw the WTSO offer and was considering it, but I had assumed it was a different wine in some way from the regular Serralunga bottling. In any event, I generally wouldn't worry about buying Palm Bay bottles based on a single experience like this and I've had many, many Palm Bay imports in the past without incident.
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