Fill into the neck, though stained the top of the cork… This is a beautifully intact 50 year old, showing a wonderful color and vibrant aromatics. Minty, citric, a touch of smoke and spice and a touch of cedar like a bordeaux, some cherry cordial. Amazingly youthful, with a great core of fresh fruit and zesty acids, it’s really only the structure that reveals its age as this is silky and soft, but with plenty of grip. Except for a comparative lack of complexity to mature French cabernet, this is well nigh perfect.
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Clear medium red with brown edges. Aged Bordeaux style nose, cedar box, green herbs, cassis and beef broth. Dry flavours, herbs, broth and cassis. A resolved finish.
Never crashed over a couple of hours.
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47th Wedding Anniversary (Flemings, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of black berry, mint, spearmint, and dust, on the palate, big body, very tasty, delicious, mouth filling fruit, elegant, at peak so enjoy now, holding very well, long, long finish and lovely aftertaste, photos back and front labels uploaded.
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xmas w gordons. best showing yet for last bottle of several from auction lot. showed cedar and fruit at first before devolving to one demensionality. very enjoyable! impressive effort!
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1/7/2024 - blanquito wrote:
Fill into the neck, though stained the top of the cork… This is a beautifully intact 50 year old, showing a wonderful color and vibrant aromatics. Minty, citric, a touch of smoke and spice and a touch of cedar like a bordeaux, some cherry cordial. Amazingly youthful, with a great core of fresh fruit and zesty acids, it’s really only the structure that reveals its age as this is silky and soft, but with plenty of grip. Except for a comparative lack of complexity to mature French cabernet, this is well nigh perfect.
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9/1/2021 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points
Clear medium red with brown edges. Aged Bordeaux style nose, cedar box, green herbs, cassis and beef broth. Dry flavours, herbs, broth and cassis. A resolved finish.
Never crashed over a couple of hours.
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5/31/2021 - andtheodor wrote: 93 Points
Cedar, mint, berry, very soft but full of charm and interest. Quintessential old Cali Cabernet.
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3/3/2020 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 97 Points
47th Wedding Anniversary (Flemings, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of black berry, mint, spearmint, and dust, on the palate, big body, very tasty, delicious, mouth filling fruit, elegant, at peak so enjoy now, holding very well, long, long finish and lovely aftertaste, photos back and front labels uploaded.
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12/27/2014 - Vintage82 wrote:
xmas w gordons. best showing yet for last bottle of several from auction lot. showed cedar and fruit at first before devolving to one demensionality. very enjoyable! impressive effort!
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