The Food and Booze Logs

Aroma almost portwineish at first, a fairly strong whiff of alcohol but it still retains fruit. The colour is moving very slightly towards the brownish. Almost no residue in the bottle when decanting. The cork did break in half showing that the wine had penetrated slightly more than half-way through. This was something all three bottles tried so far had in common to some degree, but none have had the wine leaking through.

Taste: lean, perfectly drinkable, leaning towards the acidic, but balanced. No single element dominating, perhaps slightly the alcohol. Obviously getting low on tannins by now.

After decanting it opens up a little with hints of the fruit promised in the original aroma appearing.

The third bottle was the best so far, having just a little more body than the others. All have been slightly different, but with the same basic character, proving that red wine can indeed safely be stored for 40 years or more and remain quite drinkable even when compared to newer wines.

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