| Posted by:sharad | Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon 1968 | Thu Jul 31 02:56:01 EST 2003 |
| Tasted at DC's 21st dinner. I tasted this wine blind. I could have sworn it was a shiraz. I did guess that the wine was 15+ years old, but had no idea it was a 1968. I also thought that this wine tasted more like a Shiraz than a Cab Sav. So, it is true that as wines get older they all taste the same!!!! Alternatively, maybe this wine did indeed have some Shiraz in it, even thought it was labeled as a Cab Sav. I'd like to get any opinions on this. Overall, the wine was not tired. Some thought that it was past its peek, but I thought it was drinking beautifully. It had a classic fruity but mellow palate profile, I thought the nose had wood (oak) and dark deep red fruit (plumbs). | ||
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| Posted by:David Chan | Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon 1968 | Sun Jul 06 01:43:07 EST 2003 |
| Tasted 5/7/03 at DC's birthday dinner. Colour - brick red, with a watery red-brown edge. Nose - open, and distinctly of blackcurrant pastilles overlaid with some earthy, smokey slightly gamey notes. Palate - cassis fruit still there initially but soon overtaken by developed secondary characteristics of peppery and clovey spice, bark, dried medicinal herbs and tobacco leaves with hints of cold roasted meat. Very smooth, but the wine's drying out. A nice old wine but firmly on the downhill path. Drink up! (Note - this wine was tasted out of a magnum, and thus, might have tasted "younger" than the same wine out of a standard 750 ml bottle). | ||
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