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Sunday, February 19, 2017 - From the wine list at Bern's. At age 101, this is the oldest wine I have ever tasted by a long shot. The bottle has a slip label and was imported directly from the chateau by Bern's in the 1970's. Fill level and color were good - only one bottle left in their cellar after this. Cork crumbled on opening but was fully extracted and poured to decanter. This was the WOTN of the night for me and I think the whole table. The color is pale ruby and almost translucent and burgundian looking - with very little browning. On the initial smell and pour a mild taste of bananas (but this may have been noticed at the suggestion of the somm) which soon passed. On the palate the wine seems quite fresh and youthful, red fruit is definitely still present though not bold. The weight in the mouth feels light and more burgundian. Flavors of red fruit (raspberries), leather and earth are all present but in a delicate pretty way. The wine continued to improve for about 2 hours then started to shut down and decline - but oh what a ride while it lasted. The pleasure of this wine given its age made us all begin to muse on what was going on in the world when with this was being made a century ago. Wow - what a great pleasure this was!!

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