Monday, May 16, 2011

Older

Coonawarra. South Australia. Cabernet sauvignon. 13.5%. Cork (1/3 stained). Source: cellar.

It's hard to escape the idea of growing old and frail. I spend each working day seeing people who have aged, being a select population, assured of confidentiality, most feel free to complain - about their skin growing weak and spotty, about their sight and hearing, about their bowels, about their children and about the perceived unfairness of it all. Just occasionally I see someone who is full of grace and good will, who despite all the years, hardships and visible degeneration seems content and unafraid.

1994 Wynns Black Label. Mature, but unbowed. Blackcurrant, cigar, cedar and a well used spice box. Dust and menthol and if you look a suggestion of sharpness which is in keeping with the vintage. Slightly short and sweet to begin, but then more length, spice, savouriness and dark chocolate. My last estimate of the drinking window seems overly pessimistic. Now - 2016. 90-92.

Image: On the topic of obsolescence, my first computer, purchased in the early 1990's, it cost me $7000 (I should have spent the money on wine. . .) and after more than a decade collecting dust, it now sits on the verge awaiting collection.

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