1980 Château La Gaffelière

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  2/12/2017 - Ian S wrote:

  A good start with a very long cork, in fine shape, easily coming out in one piece.
  
  A very healthy colour (red-claret) with a definite band of bricking at the rim. Considering the age, in very good shape.
  
  The nose would have fooled me towards Pomerol, which we've had better luck with than St Emilion. Plum/Blackcurrant, leafy/green pepper, mocha, backed by a little orange.
  
  On the light-medium bodied palate more red-fruited with a hint of green pepper. Not especially complex, but good balance with acidity that works well with a guinea fowl roast, but doesn't dominate when sipping the wine after the meal. Perhaps a hint of tannin, nothing more.
  
  Better or worse than it would have been a decade or two ago? Difficult to say, but I reckon this would be a different experience. No expectation for future improvement, but this is a wine in good health and this bottle would have lasted a good few years longer.

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