I was given a bottle of '79 Pauillac Grand-puy Ducasse and have just popped the cork. Reasonably clean cork and filtered it into a decanter. What should I expect from the taste?
I recently had two bottles of 35 year old port. One was vinegary and stale. The other... OMG... like ambrosia (the nectar of the gods, not the rice pudding )
Grand Puy Ducasse has been a famously under-performing chateau for decades. 1979 was an OK year, but not a keeper. That wine was never going to be good, I'm afraid.
The last bottle of the consignment is a very torn label.All I can read is Du Chateau Martine. Societe civile Grand cru. Proprietaire a LIBOURNE. The date is also missing although I would say it is between 1976 and 1982.
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