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Dale Williams
 
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Default [TN] '86 Cos d'Estournel

In article >, Ian Hoare
> writes:

>Cor, 7 hours!!! I thought _I_ was the one who decanted early!! Mind you, for
>a wine only 18 years old from Cos....
>
>If I'd been opening the wine, my immediate gut reaction (assuming high fill
>levels etc) would be to decant it a couple of hours before drinking, and
>taste half an hour before, with a view to re-decanting.


In the case of the bottle I tried, my friend Larry had plenty of recent
experience with the '86, and felt several hours was way to go. 1986 is probably
the most tannic vintage since '75 (other opinions? Bill, Michael, others?).
Dale

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