Surprisingly red, was expecting more brick/brown for a 40 year old bottle. Nose was predominantly olives and iodine, but began to blow-off/open up about an hour to ninety minutes after opening. As the wine opened, revealed a bit of a tar and floral notes. Not bad mouth feel, but a bit of a stemmy tart/acidic finish
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Amber in colour, the cork was in pretty rough shape. Wonderful nose of apricot and honey and simply spectacular on the palate. Balanced with notes of honey, bees wax, apricots with a long, buttery finish. Ethereal.
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The last wine in our cellar from our first trip to Burgundy, opened for OTBN (22/02/08).
An initially closed nose that didn't offer up much: sour cherry, hint of earth, a touch of toast, and a surprising amount of heat (surprising as it's only 13% alcohol).
First sip was pretty one-dimensional, some red fruits and a rather dusty finish.
Fortunately, the wine continued to evolve in the glass, eventually blossoming with more earth and stronger red fruits. At about the 90 minute mark, the nose was completely dominated by tobacco leaf and red currants. Nearly 3 hours in there was an emerging sweetness to the bouquet - raspberries, flowers, cherry pie.
This wine just got better as the night went on, becoming more nuanced and more complex. Had nice length, good mouthfeel and nice balance. I wish we'd brought back more...
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1971 Fratelli Barale Barolo
2/5/2011 - MF wrote:
Surprisingly red, was expecting more brick/brown for a 40 year old bottle. Nose was predominantly olives and iodine, but began to blow-off/open up about an hour to ninety minutes after opening. As the wine opened, revealed a bit of a tar and floral notes. Not bad mouth feel, but a bit of a stemmy tart/acidic finish
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1971 Château Climens
2/5/2011 - MF wrote:
Amber in colour, the cork was in pretty rough shape. Wonderful nose of apricot and honey and simply spectacular on the palate. Balanced with notes of honey, bees wax, apricots with a long, buttery finish. Ethereal.
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1997 Faiveley Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Issarts
2/22/2008 - MF wrote:
The last wine in our cellar from our first trip to Burgundy, opened for OTBN (22/02/08).
An initially closed nose that didn't offer up much: sour cherry, hint of earth, a touch of toast, and a surprising amount of heat (surprising as it's only 13% alcohol).
First sip was pretty one-dimensional, some red fruits and a rather dusty finish.
Fortunately, the wine continued to evolve in the glass, eventually blossoming with more earth and stronger red fruits. At about the 90 minute mark, the nose was completely dominated by tobacco leaf and red currants. Nearly 3 hours in there was an emerging sweetness to the bouquet - raspberries, flowers, cherry pie.
This wine just got better as the night went on, becoming more nuanced and more complex. Had nice length, good mouthfeel and nice balance. I wish we'd brought back more...
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