1985 Robert Mondavi Winery Pinot Noir Special Selection

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 83 points

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  1/1/2024 - Mrbuzz wrote: 83 Points

  I've had this bottle in the cellar for 15yrs, looks like it was part of the 1986 Napa valley Wine Auction (lot #243) and I know nothing else about it. Saw some seepage coming from the bottle, so decided to open it. The cork was totally saturated and mushroomed...smelled of tca? Not a good start! Decanted the wine...garnet colored with definite aged orange rim...no tca on the nose...very tertiary with sous bois earth, mushroom, and tobacco wrapper...some cherry and decayed strawberry...very nice mulled wine spice and some mint. Fruit is savory and still alive, yet shows it's age...soft silky texture with very little structure left...some nice tobacco and cedar dust spice...old cellar mustiness...some faint cranberry orange sours...not the most pleasing flavors to me...seems to be showing its age...and a wine that wasn't made to age in the first place. More intriguing than good...some others who like aged wine might like it better than me.

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