1985 Feuerheerd
Posted: 21:06 Fri 30 Jan 2015
First bottle from a batch of 4, from a case of 12 shared with others and purchased at auction at Dreweatts.
Decanted 3 hours.
40% opacity, brown-red, some bricking at the rim, a little cloudy. Certainly a lot more evolved looking than many ’85s I have tried. Wonderful nose, full of sweet sugar and ripe fruit, strawberries and faint hints of menthol. In the mouth, super sweet, mature, ripe strawberries. Lovely balance, very gentle acidity and very faint tannins, loads of fruit and sweetness all the way through and a superb long strawberry finish.
Well that was a huge surprise. I was not expecting something so amazing. This reminds me of the excellent G77 I have tasted.
Decanted 3 hours.
40% opacity, brown-red, some bricking at the rim, a little cloudy. Certainly a lot more evolved looking than many ’85s I have tried. Wonderful nose, full of sweet sugar and ripe fruit, strawberries and faint hints of menthol. In the mouth, super sweet, mature, ripe strawberries. Lovely balance, very gentle acidity and very faint tannins, loads of fruit and sweetness all the way through and a superb long strawberry finish.
Well that was a huge surprise. I was not expecting something so amazing. This reminds me of the excellent G77 I have tasted.