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Giscours 1967Old wine drinkers are not afraid of anything, especially not of old wines. Here I have an "old" Giscours in my glass, from - to put it mildly - a rather weak vintage, a winery that makes good, but not top wines, and purchased years ago at an auction, where I don't know how and where the wine was stored. Only the fill level, top shoulder, gives hope.

It is an old wine, sure - fruit drinkers can only spit at it, I try to drink. The first impression: a bit biting, a bit flat in content, even a hint of fish flavour. Many will say it's awful, and at first it's on the tip of my tongue. Do I have to do this to myself? But as soon as the wine has been in the air for a few minutes, aromas develop that are not just interesting, but can be enjoyed. The pungent acidity recedes into the background and gives way to caraway notes, rose hips and I don't know how many kitchen herbs. They combine to form a small, admittedly quiet, symphony that resounds in the background, as it were, throughout the evening.giscours 2

It is a wine to ponder, not necessarily to enjoy. You can still drink it and it is - for an old wine - even well preserved and only "inexpensive" (about 40 €). I understand everyone who would not pay so much for it. Drinking old wine is a hobby - sometimes even quite an expensive one and also involves great risks. Not every old wine - even from the top class - delivers what it promises. This Giscours - I think - promised nothing, but delivered a lot. I even think it was a bottle from a so-called mixed lot (a compilation of lesser-quality wines), as they are often offered at auctions. I certainly didn't buy the wine because of this bottle, I received a gift for it. I certainly wasn't looking for the wine. But I did find a beautiful, old, somewhat faded and yet quite sensual old wine, which made the evening a small experience.

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