Community Tasting Note

Nike-Raider wrote:

Friday, April 29, 2016 - The foil had been damaged or chewed and the cork was in a bad way, soaked black and crumbling on extraction. After screening and filtering out the sediment, the wine sat for forty minutes in the decanter, giving it a chance to blow off the considerable funk and barnyard that comes with a bottle this old.

Deep garnet color with the expected browning around the edges

With the condition of the cork, I didn’t expect much, but the wine was in great shape. Dark and mysterious with just a hint of mustiness to remind you of the pedigree.

The nose is about earth and herb, wood smoke, and hints of black currant if you look hard for it. The pallet is silky smooth, and If you like old, brooding bordeaux, this is it. There’s still a thread of acidic brightness, but little of the fruit that you’d expect to find with it. The rest is all black coffee, tobacco, bakers chocolate, anise, and black pepper. There are hints of Mint Oreo which, by an extraordinary coincidence, my son had just put in my mouth.

The finish seems to have lost some of its staying power since I last tried in 2013, but it’s still respectable.

I have one bottle left and I’m thinking autumn - before the last leaf falls.

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