John Taverner wrote:

> Ch Meyney 1982. Depth with a hint of brown. Magnificent nose of compost and
> leather. Explodes in the mouth with fruit and soft tannin, mincepie
> flavours, Long. Just starting to decline. A superb wine that had everyone
> enthusing. So unctous and so long.

Ah, the '82 Meyney... Had my last bottle of this about 5 years ago.
Yours must have been stored better than ours, as ours was already
showing its age. What a great wine. And I wish I'd been with you: it
sounds like a fine evening was had.

Mark Lipton