Despite its age, at thirty-six years old, the fill level, cork, foil and label were in ideal condition. The wine, while past its prime was still holding on to some fruit and body and was still consumable.
Brown hues were setting in to the color, the body was a bit flat and the dark berry fruits were giving way to non-fruit tones of wood, earth, tobacco and tea. https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/02/sterling-napa-valley-merlot-1985-son.html
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Fading, but still enjoyable. Although past its peak, I was very surprised that this 1985 97% Merlot & 3% Cab Franc still had distinct fruit flavors, was smooth & had a nice finish.
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3/1/2021 - rmcnees wrote: 84 Points
Despite its age, at thirty-six years old, the fill level, cork, foil and label were in ideal condition. The wine, while past its prime was still holding on to some fruit and body and was still consumable.
Brown hues were setting in to the color, the body was a bit flat and the dark berry fruits were giving way to non-fruit tones of wood, earth, tobacco and tea.
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8/27/2020 - Bert’s Stache Likes this wine: 84 Points
Fading, but still enjoyable. Although past its peak, I was very surprised that this 1985 97% Merlot & 3% Cab Franc still had distinct fruit flavors, was smooth & had a nice finish.
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