1986 Domaine de Quattre Cahors

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  11/25/2021 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  12% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Moderately translucent and slightly hazy brick-red color. Sweet yet slightly rubbery nose with somewhat reductive aromas of latex along with evolved notes of wizened cherries, some chokeberry jam, a little bit of ripe and slightly soft blueberry, light notes of tobacco, a developed hint of mushroomy funk and a touch of coconut. The wine is dry, savory and slightly bitter on the palate with a medium body and somewhat evolved flavors of tart lingonberries and crunchy chokeberries, some blueberry tones, a little bit of sappy herbal character, light reductive notes of latex and a hint of old, dried tobacco. The overall feel is still firm and somewhat sinewy, thanks to the high acidity and somewhat grippy medium tannins. The finish is quite long, dry and gently grippy with crunchy and slightly bitter flavors of tart cranberries, some sappy herbal spice, a little bit of blueberry, light evolved meaty tones and a hint of tobacco.
  
  A nice, still surprisingly fresh and youthful Cahors that seemed to suffer a little bit of reduction - or at least that is what I thought the slightly rubbery off-notes were. The somewhat latex-y overall flavor were a minor distraction, but otherwise this was a very lovely aged red wine that was still remarkably youthful for its age. Perhaps nothing particularly memorable, but nothing disappointing either. Perhaps with longer aeration the wine might've turned out better. Although I'm sure the wine will continue to keep just fine for years more, I doubt that reductive latex character will disappear with further aging - if aging would help, I think 35 years of aging might've done the trick already. All the same, at just 21€ this was terrific value.

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