Sometimes a wine just really surprises you! While digging around in the back of my passive wine cellar in the basement a few weeks ago I came across several bottles of long forgotten 1983 Chateau Larose -Trintaudon. I went to Cellar Tracker and found one note from 1995 which said "Completely mature. Ok wine. Just above average but not special." with a 79 rating. I stood the bottle up and forgot about it until last night when I popped it to have with a grilled flank steak. I wasn't expecting it to be palatable and had the back up bottle at the ready.
Much to my and the wife's surprise, this was a really enjoyable bottle! Came across as what I generally think of as a typical Medoc type nose and flavor. Kind of earthy with nice balance and little very subtle hints of fruitiness & floweriness. Real nice compliment to the steak. Think I'll let the next one breath for an hour and see if it's even better.
