5/6/2020 - skurtz wrote:

Purchased at auction, opened for my 52nd birthday. Soggy cork, used an ah-so, still broke in half. Decanted. I had high hopes, based on the last few reviews, but this was (for me at least) way past its prime. Decanted for 6h and sampled throughout. Interesting camphor, cedary alcohol nose, on the palate stewed cranberry at first, then after a few hours the cranberries and sour cherries evolved into focus. Definitely tart, not my style, but which my wife appreciated - "it's not bad, it would be perfect for stew." So there you have it, very very expensive cooking wine. Looking forward to some really good boeuf bourgignon for dinner tomorrow night! For me this was super entertaining and academically interesting, but not an experiment I care repeating, at least not with another 50+ year old Rioja.