Tasted blind. Dark amber/tawny color. Notes of brown sugar, hickory, earth, saddle leather and some cola. Sweet to the taste with lots of complexity. Fruit is still present, with tannins fully resolved of course. Guesses by the boyz are 50’s Bordeaux, but I think it’s older. I’ve had two really old bottles of Chateau Margaux from the 20s and 30s, and I think it’s in that camp so I go with a guess of Margaux from the 20’s. Bingo. We’re told this was given many hours in the decanter and then we consumed it over 3 hours… it was alive from start to the last drop. What a great experience to drink grape juice that is nearly 100 years old. Bravo and thanks Stan! — 4 years ago
Tasted blind. Dark reddish brown color, port-like in color and in the nose. Notes of raisins, molasses, tobacco. What is this? While it seems like it could be Madeira, the impact in the mouth and the tastes in no way resemble that. Someone threw out the guess that it could be really old Bordeaux. Yep. Drinking some history tonight! — 5 years ago
Minerally and easy drinking — 6 years ago
Dark fruit, delicious. — 2 years ago
Easy to serve proseco. Well liked at our party. Not too light or heavy, bitter or sweet. Goes well with seafood, meats, cheeses, charcuterie. Smooth, not tart. Beautiful floral bottle. NOLA M — 7 years ago
Peter van den Besselaar
Vintage 2009 | with amuses | at Monarh Tilburg — a year ago