1978 Domaine de Vallouit Hermitage

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  9/8/2020 - forceberry wrote:

  Tasted blind.
  
  Pale, translucent rusty color with a wide, colorless rim. The nose feels very old, smoky and somewhat oxidative with an initial attack of salami and pickle, followed by tertiary notes of wizened dark berries, some beef jerky, a little bit of raisiny fruit, light perfumed notes of dried flowers, a hint of vegetal greenness and a touch of rose hips. The salami and pickle notes disappear with air, but the nose remains quite old and very tertiary. The wine is old and tertiary on the palate with a medium body and evolved flavors of gamey meat and blood, some metallic notes of rusted iron, light tart notes of cranberries and lingonberries, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, an oxidative hint of soy sauce and a touch of old furniture. The fully resolved tannins have disappeared with age and the structure relies only on the high acidity. The finish is old, tertiary and somewhat oxidative with flavors of raisins, some oxidative notes of beef jerky and hoi sin, a little bit of smoke, light tangy notes of salinity and a hint of wizened red fruits.
  
  The first sniff here was pretty staggering, but fortunately the wine opened up a bit, turning into something more drinkable. However, the wine is quite far past its peak and offers more value for academic curiosity than any drinking pleasure. Not entirely oxidized, but not that far from it. I prefer to leave the wine unrated.

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  5/16/2008 - 60ouvrees wrote:

  More life in it than first bottle but still far from impressive.

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  4/20/2008 - 60ouvrees wrote:

  Old, oxidized, dead.

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