50 years old

JC's friend opened special wines for a special occasion.
She kindly shared them with us.

Chateau Leoville-Las Cases Grand Vin de Leoville Saint-Julien 1971
Delicate aromas of cherry, flower, mint, tobacco and pencil shaving.
Powdery tannin.
We happened to be having oyster with Muscadet, and tried this wine with oyster for fun, and actually they paired good.

Muga Prado Enea Rioja Reserva 1973
Stewed and candied fruit, herb, dark chocolate, coffee.
Very smooth texture and fresh on palate.

Faustino Rioja Grand Reserva 1970
Cooked fruit, raisin, sugar coated violet, coffee beans and spice.
Tannin is high but soft. There is still some freshness.

All of them are almost 50 years of age.
Leoville was great but better be drunk soon after opening the bottle, but the two bottles of Rioja were surprisingly fresh! and still good even a couple of days after opening.

It was great experience and rare opportunity to try wines of this age.
I really thank this generous offer from JC's friend.
It seems to be wine industry tradition that veteran wine people let less experienced people try rare wines.
Hope we can become these ones who help younger generation some day and keep this tradition.