1977 Dalva

[uncle tom]

An odd bottle from a job lot - appearance is compatible with good cellaring.

Decanted 5.30pm - very pale with fine gritty sediment.

First sip - bland, inoffensive.

3 hours on - pale golden red colour in the glass; light, slightly smokey bouquet.

Light on the palate, but little fire. Unexceptional, but quite agreeable..

..more anon

Tom

[DRT]

This sounds very similar to my recollection of the Dalva 70.

[uncle tom]

This sounds very similar to my recollection of the Dalva 70

Yes, has more in common with the '70 than other 77's

Tom

[uncle tom]

22 hours on..

Has filled out quite nicely, but a little bit of fire has emerged.

I would judge this wine to be at the peak of it's maturation cycle, if anything, a little past it's peak. While this is very much a second division wine, I would not be averse to buying more - if the price was right.

To score - for immediate gratifciation this ranks a little below the mean, so a 4

Where's it going? I suspect that this will be very tired and possibly tertiary in another ten years, so a 2

Score 4-2

Tom

[uncle tom]

PS: After 48 hours it was noticeably better..

Tom