Was given to a local wine shop, where this was their first aged australian semillon.
They tasted it and all swore that it was over the hill, corked and every other adjective to describe a flawed wine. The wine stayed open for 3-4 days, and upon returning to the shop, I listened incredulously. I asked to taste the dead bottle in question.
Lo and behold, it was just as good as the last one we opened in Australia. Having been opened for 4 days, it hadn't evolved appreciably. It was fresh and pale, not a trace of oxidation to be tasted. Must be the generous sulphite dosage from back then.
Tasty and stable. Drink or hold. 12% abv.
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Mrs Lyons wasnt crazy about this one. N:Lemon curd, furniture polish! Yellow with green tinge, typical for wines that are 20 years younger. P:slight fizz, full textured palate, long finish. Not for everyone. Paired well with a ginger-garlic chicken stir fry. Very interesting and still plenty of life left. Drink or hold until 2025. 11% abv
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1/22/2016 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:
Still drinking well. Cork was leaking (take that Stelvin fiends...)
No formal note.
Drink or hold, very stable, though unlikely to improve.
11% abv
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9/14/2015 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:
Was given to a local wine shop, where this was their first aged australian semillon.
They tasted it and all swore that it was over the hill, corked and every other adjective to describe a flawed wine. The wine stayed open for 3-4 days, and upon returning to the shop, I listened incredulously. I asked to taste the dead bottle in question.
Lo and behold, it was just as good as the last one we opened in Australia. Having been opened for 4 days, it hadn't evolved appreciably. It was fresh and pale, not a trace of oxidation to be tasted. Must be the generous sulphite dosage from back then.
Tasty and stable. Drink or hold.
12% abv.
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6/23/2015 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:
Mrs Lyons wasnt crazy about this one.
N:Lemon curd, furniture polish!
Yellow with green tinge, typical for wines that are 20 years younger.
P:slight fizz, full textured palate, long finish. Not for everyone.
Paired well with a ginger-garlic chicken stir fry.
Very interesting and still plenty of life left.
Drink or hold until 2025.
11% abv
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