With Robert Mondavi passing away recently, it was appropriate to toast the great man with his 1990 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Not inexpensive at the time at over $100 a bottle. Shared with SWMBO and friends including one who is in the employ of the big Constellation, who now own the Mondavi franchise, the wine was in good form. Big, ripe, substantial, but with plenty of brett. It must have been made from pretty darn fine fruit in its day. Good on yah, Mr Mondavi. You were and are an inspiration.
To follow it up, we had a look at a 1982 Ch. Pontet Canet Pauillac. Lotsa Cabernet fruit coming thru, tight and a litttle unyielding. Looked more meaty and complex the next day. Likewise with a 1982 Ch. Lafaurie Peyraguey Sauternes, dryish and seemingly modest on the night of opening, but with greater richness and plenty of botrytis the next day.
Gee, it's a treat to have these older wines sometimes.
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