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- TheEngineer - 10-08-2008
Reporting in from the beautiful city of Victoria BC. A friend of mine gave me two bottles to take home. Bordeaux from the 60's. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] They included:
(1) an unnamed bottle of St. Emilion that was all english in the label.
(2) The B&G Prince Noir Bordeaux.
So I had guessed that both would be dead soldiers. The St. Emilion certainly was. I mean well over the hill but not vinegar.
The B&G though, I'm drinking... IT IS ALIVE!! It's got a bit of a port nose but mostly cedar and tertiary nose now. THe wine on the palate had a strong woody, cedar, old wood, warm, mushroomy, but still dried fruits hint and a good dose of acidity. I can't believe that I'm drinking this with a lamb dinner right now in my room...the Fairmont Victoria Empress.
Surprise Surprise...
- TheEngineer - 10-09-2008
errr.. I suspect the B&G is newer now than I was told due to some font styles of the numbers but still no barcode.
- winoweenie - 10-09-2008
It's allways fun when an old bottle that you really don't give a rats about turns out to be alive and well. WW
- TheEngineer - 10-09-2008
I should add that it was not very good and I suspect more 80's than 60's. Also I only ended up drinking one glass. having said that it was rather entertaining [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]