How a 41 year old wine can still be this tannic is beyond me. I thought the '75 Giscours I had last week was thick but this is just ridiculous. On tannin alone I would have called it a 2 y.o. old school Bordeaux. The colour was opaque but there was a hint of a watery edge and a bit of cherry red seeping out of the black depths around the edge. Nose was dense but showed sings of age; a bit stewed and a hint of farmyard - becoming slightly unknit. On the palate it was just tannin x10, with reasonable acidity and moderate body. My score is probably a little on the high side but it was a very interesting wine to taste!
How a 41 year old wine can still be this tannic is beyond me. I thought the '75 Giscours I had last week was thick but this is just ridiculous. On tannin alone I would have called it a 2 y.o. old school Bordeaux. The colour was opaque but there was a hint of a watery edge and a bit of cherry red seeping out of the black depths around the edge. Nose was dense but showed sings of age; a bit stewed and a hint of farmyard - becoming slightly unknit. On the palate it was just tannin x10, with reasonable acidity and moderate body. My score is probably a little on the high side but it was a very interesting wine to taste!
Sep 20th, 2016
Bairrada, Beiras, Portugal
