Had friends at the farm this weekend and opened some old bottles.

1997 Diamond Creek Red Rock Red Rock Terrace (mag) A bit of brick. Dusty Napa notes on the nose, plum and currants with leather. Smooth on the palate red raspberry, espresso, cedar and leather. Needed to be drank. B+

1997 Spottswood Cabernet. Color was a bit off as was the nose and the wine was undrinkable. Bad bottle, bad storage, either way too bad as I've had the wine before and it was usually a long ager.

2013 Kongsgaard Chardonnay Napa. Pale gold in the glass. Clean precise nose of lemons and minerals. Stunning on the palate. Clean and crisp citrus notes with an underlying purity of fruit and minerality that you usually only find in GC white Burgs. Great balance and depth. A

1989 Chateau Latour (mag) Still garnet with little hint of age. Fairly tight nose even after decanting showing a little spicebox and tobacco. Elegant and smooth on the palate with red fruits, plums a bit of wet stones on the finish. B+

1966 Chateau Pichon-Dark red with fair amount of brick at the rim. Iodine and barnyard on the nose initially but red and black fruits eventually coming on strong. Deep and rich texture with raspy tannins still hanging on. Plenty of fruit structure. B

On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:14:55 AM UTC-4, Bi!! wrote:
> Had friends at the farm this weekend and opened some old bottles.
>
> 1997 Diamond Creek Red Rock Red Rock Terrace (mag) A bit of brick. Dusty Napa notes on the nose, plum and currants with leather. Smooth on the palate red raspberry, espresso, cedar and leather. Needed to be drank. B+
>
> 1997 Spottswood Cabernet. Color was a bit off as was the nose and the wine was undrinkable. Bad bottle, bad storage, either way too bad as I've had the wine before and it was usually a long ager.
>
> 2013 Kongsgaard Chardonnay Napa. Pale gold in the glass. Clean precise nose of lemons and minerals. Stunning on the palate. Clean and crisp citrus notes with an underlying purity of fruit and minerality that you usually only find in GC white Burgs. Great balance and depth. A
>
> 1989 Chateau Latour (mag) Still garnet with little hint of age. Fairly tight nose even after decanting showing a little spicebox and tobacco. Elegant and smooth on the palate with red fruits, plums a bit of wet stones on the finish. B+
>
> 1966 Chateau Pichon-Dark red with fair amount of brick at the rim. Iodine and barnyard on the nose initially but red and black fruits eventually coming on strong. Deep and rich texture with raspy tannins still hanging on. Plenty of fruit structure. B

Too bad about the Spotteswood.
Not great era for P-Baron, but that sounds better than a B even with the tannin

On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 11:01:33 AM UTC-4, DaleW wrote:
> On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:14:55 AM UTC-4, Bi!! wrote:
> > Had friends at the farm this weekend and opened some old bottles.
> >
> > 1997 Diamond Creek Red Rock Red Rock Terrace (mag) A bit of brick. Dusty Napa notes on the nose, plum and currants with leather. Smooth on the palate red raspberry, espresso, cedar and leather. Needed to be drank. B+
> >
> > 1997 Spottswood Cabernet. Color was a bit off as was the nose and the wine was undrinkable. Bad bottle, bad storage, either way too bad as I've had the wine before and it was usually a long ager.
> >
> > 2013 Kongsgaard Chardonnay Napa. Pale gold in the glass. Clean precise nose of lemons and minerals. Stunning on the palate. Clean and crisp citrus notes with an underlying purity of fruit and minerality that you usually only find in GC white Burgs. Great balance and depth. A
> >
> > 1989 Chateau Latour (mag) Still garnet with little hint of age. Fairly tight nose even after decanting showing a little spicebox and tobacco. Elegant and smooth on the palate with red fruits, plums a bit of wet stones on the finish. B+
> >
> > 1966 Chateau Pichon-Dark red with fair amount of brick at the rim. Iodine and barnyard on the nose initially but red and black fruits eventually coming on strong. Deep and rich texture with raspy tannins still hanging on. Plenty of fruit structure. B
>
> Too bad about the Spotteswood.
> Not great era for P-Baron, but that sounds better than a B even with the tannin

I'm a big fan of Spottswood and find them to be long lasting wines of quality. I think this bottle was heat damaged badly for a long time. It was a gift so....

The 1966 was Comtesse...I should have noted that. It was in great shape but the tannins were pretty pronounced and frankly there wasn't much sediment.. High shoulder fill and a very good cork.