1985 Graham

[Axel P]

The Grahams 85 VP is my winner in this generally declared year. I have had this wine very often, but mostly could not resist finishing it prior to its optimum decanting time of at least 4 hours. This wine looks fairly young for its 23 years of age. Slight bottle stink, this wine appears to be not integrated. I put my glass aside for a couple of hours but it did not disappear. I have better memories when thinking about it. Let’s try again.

[jdaw1]

Is G85 particularly susceptible to bottle stink?

On the second day the Graham was still horrible. Whatever was hiding behind the bottle stink was too well hidden for me. Foul—and a great shame, as I have had several excellent G85s.
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Ending its life as an ingredient in an English-style spaghetti bolognese. It’s the only language they understand.

[Axel P]

I dont think so. I had this wine at least 6 times last year and all were perfect - except that I couldnt wait for the optimum decanting time...

Axel

[jdaw1]

AHB is having a Graham 1985 tonight, which apparently is a good bottle. Good.