Had a guest bring in this bottle to celebrate their wedding anniversary. What I thought was an ancient Pinot has turned out to be a hodgepodge of a blend. I have found no clear answers as to what could be in this wine besides speculation of Zin, Carignan, and Petite Syrah using redwood vats(??). The cork was surprisingly perfect with little saturation. The wine itself poured deep brown, like a deep tawny. On the nose was mostly prunes and figs with slight turned earth. The palate surprisingly had the slightest amount of acid and fruit but it was quickly fleeting (what was there was unimpressive). Overall, it was a treat to taste a wine like this with people for such a special occasion.
Not pictured: 1968 Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon that was worse
Grenache-a-trois
Finally an interesting post 😉
vjaoadotcom
More evidence of the use of local trees for barrels in those days. Tasted a 1970 BV Latour that was reputed to have been aged in pine barrels
posternutbag423
I had a 1974 sebastiani cab a few months ago. It actually had life left in for about 20 min. We each had a glass and that was that.
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Had a guest bring in this bottle to celebrate their wedding anniversary. What I thought was an ancient Pinot has turned out to be a hodgepodge of a blend. I have found no clear answers as to what could be in this wine besides speculation of Zin, Carignan, and Petite Syrah using redwood vats(??). The cork was surprisingly perfect with little saturation. The wine itself poured deep brown, like a deep tawny. On the nose was mostly prunes and figs with slight turned earth. The palate surprisingly had the slightest amount of acid and fruit but it was quickly fleeting (what was there was unimpressive). Overall, it was a treat to taste a wine like this with people for such a special occasion.
Not pictured: 1968 Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon that was worse
Finally an interesting post 😉
More evidence of the use of local trees for barrels in those days. Tasted a 1970 BV Latour that was reputed to have been aged in pine barrels
I had a 1974 sebastiani cab a few months ago. It actually had life left in for about 20 min. We each had a glass and that was that.