1976 Graham Malvedos

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1976 Graham Malvedos

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GM76. Red-brown brick red 40% opaque. Acidic red cherry. Good size; too much acidity.

This bottle fuddled me. I thought that RAYC was bringing my FG76, and this GM76 didn’t look anything like that!
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It is at least mildly interesting to me that we both find cherries in very proximate vintages: you with GM76 and me with G77. Yet acidic cherry or boiled cherry sweet is not what I first think of in relation to Graham's. I haven't combed the TNs yet to see whether there is any consistency in this so it's purely a subject of unschooled speculation at this point.
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LGTrotter about Graham 77 wrote:seemed best at around 8 hours after opening, when it had a delicious palate of cherries and bacon fat.
I think this may be specific to the 77, I tend to think of blacker fruits with Graham. And cherries I associate more with Sandeman.
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That's really interesting Owen; the same cherry profile noticed by us all, from different bottles / vintages. Mine was also an 8 hour decant.
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