Gavilan, Casa de Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

What a treat! The fruit that went into this wine was harvested a few months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, before being bottled in 1947 and recorked in 1982. Amazingly some of it is still there. I didn't decant this in fear of it falling apart. The color is remarkably deep, with only a hint of bricking. Whilst the nose has quite a strong aroma of port, there's a hint of candied red fruit as well, along with …

Old California Wine Dinner....1941-1986 (Merced, Ca) : History in a glass! This is from 1941 fruit, bottled in 1947, and re corked in 1982. At least 51% Cabernet...and who knows what else. Oldest wine I've ever had....garnet, rose rim color...sweet and dusty red fruit, tawny maple, cinnamon, tart dried citrus, coffee. Really beautiful and intriguing nose and entry...delicate like a fragile dried rose....no sign of any tannin, and spine left. I was fascinated how the wine just falls off on …

Nose - dark, pruny, molasses. Spicy molasses, prune, smooth, dusty, nutmeg. At 5 mins. - lightening up, showing cedar and more spice, and touches of blue and black fruit. 15 minutes of fame (before fading). 94 pts

Easter Winetasting Dinner at Ginny's (Chez Ginny, San Carlos, California) : Bricking dark cherry red color; nice mature, berry, black fruit and fig nose; nice tart plum, black fruit, prune, fig and graphite palate, with depth, in remarkably good shape; medium finish