Straight from the winery's cellar. My expectations were pretty low on a 46 year old Napa Cabernet, but this wine showed its on resolve. The color was remarkably brick-red, expecting it to be more oxidized. Aromatically, the wine still was showing fruit, more dried red currant than black. A sense of elegance on the nose. Medium in body, with the tannins all but faded. A nice dark, red fruit on the palate. This wine held up in the decanter until finished. A real treat enjoying a historical bottle.
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Tipping the scales at 17.1% alcohol (not the 16.4% on the label), this wine is a terrible example. The VA on this wine is so strong I had to measure it. Barely on the legal limit. Tired of the overly high alcohol, high VA on their wines.
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2004 Podere Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione Alta Valle della Greve IGT
3/15/2017 - Tom_B wrote: flawed
Second one that was corked!
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1970 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve
9/2/2016 - Tom_B wrote: 91 Points
Straight from the winery's cellar. My expectations were pretty low on a 46 year old Napa Cabernet, but this wine showed its on resolve. The color was remarkably brick-red, expecting it to be more oxidized. Aromatically, the wine still was showing fruit, more dried red currant than black. A sense of elegance on the nose. Medium in body, with the tannins all but faded. A nice dark, red fruit on the palate. This wine held up in the decanter until finished.
A real treat enjoying a historical bottle.
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2008 Martinelli Syrah Vellutini Ranch
1/9/2016 - Tom_B wrote: flawed
Tipping the scales at 17.1% alcohol (not the 16.4% on the label), this wine is a terrible example. The VA on this wine is so strong I had to measure it. Barely on the legal limit. Tired of the overly high alcohol, high VA on their wines.
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