TN: older Super Tuscan for the Super Bowl

Betsy and Dave went to a piano recital by an old friend in city yesterday, I was in charge of Superbowl dinner. I did Buffalo wings, blue cheese and celery, sausage and lentil soup, pimenton cauliflower, and guacamole. Leftover Riesling with the wings.

For Superbowl main wine, I thought about a Petit Cheval (hey, a little horse is a colt, and it is a SAINT Emilion), but ended up going with a SuperTuscan for the Superbowl. I didn't have especially high expectations for the 1983 Avignonesi "Grifi." I believe this is equal parts Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, the Sangiovese is showing more in this bottle. Ripe cherry fruit, forest floor, mushrooms, leather. Betsy and Dave are both surprised when I tell them it's 27 years old. Solid fruit, holds well over length of game, maybe not very long. But interesting and not particularly fragile, which is good because I accidently have 2 more. B

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.  

[David M. Bueker]

Accidentally?

I used to have several bottles of Grifi from a number of vintages but drank through all of them. Your note makes wish I had not yet done that.

Accidentally?

Yep. Last year a retailer where I rarely shop had a end of bin kind of sale. List of flat prices ($10, $20, $30, etc). A few bottles I really wanted, so did order and decided to add a few quirky/longshot bottles. Format of offer was:
1982 Ch. Bjork (Medoc) 2@$20
I somehow missed that there were 3 83 Grifi when I was editing, really meant to get only 1. When invoice was emailed, I saw it, kind of groaned, but as it was my mistake just went with it. Glad I liked it!