We tried last night at BBB:
1. JosephSwan Zin (TW) 1980: Med.dark color w/ some bricking; slight licorice/raspberry strong cedary/pencilly/old Zin/old Bdx slight smokey/minty complex nose; soft/smooth/elegant rather cedary/pencilly/smokey/old Zin complex flavor; very long cedary/pencilly/smokey/charred/old Zin finish w/ somewhat tannic/dried out aftertaste; some nice old Zin character but showing its age; sorta fading gently into the sunset.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Cork was sound. Ullaged down onto mid-shoulder. When first opened, it showed some fresh raspberry/spicy fruit. But it fell apart pretty rapidly in the decanter until it was just a curmudgeonly old wine.
Tom