Charles
- 1967 Domaine du Mas Blanc (Docteur Parcé) Banyuls Vieilles Vignes - France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Banyuls (2/15/2010)
Tet. Only moderate sweetness at this age. Flavors towards light prune, and although not tasting like molasses, there was the iron part of that flavor component. 16% alcohol. Not spirity.
UPDATE: 1/22/11 found this in a box in a heated living space where it had been for almost a year, open, with a vacuvin stopper but no vacuum.
Surprisingly potable and actually enjoyed by several including myself. Swirling it gave a component of chocolate covered cherries, which I'd not noted before though many feel Banyuls to be the ultimate match for chocolate. Fruit was more muted than when it had first been opened, but it was not at all disjointed or out of balance.
Quite remarkable for a 43 year-old wine that had been abused in this way.