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Levi Dalton

Levi Dalton
The Kermit Lynch front label.

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From a Trollat 1982.
 
Hey that's the back strip label carelessly (or craftily?) placed above the front label, man.

I was fortunate enough to buy a few mid nineties vintages before importation ceased. They're long gone now. Never had an old one, how was it?
 
Well, Kermit did always pick the best barrels. The UK bottlings in my experience were never as good, with the exception of a stray bottle from an estate sale.
 
The 1982 struck me as an honest wine that was in keeping with the style of Trollat that I know from early 90's bottlings. A bit sullen and faced towards the corner upon opening. Never decanted, about a half hour in it lengthened its contours and the expansive red fruit was a nice follow to a more severe 2007 Dauvissat Irancy that had preceeded it. A couple hours later, deep into the morning, the wine became to tremble in texture as old wine can do, and became a counterpoint of sweet berry fruit and tart sour lines. Which I really enjoyed. It never bowled one over, which seemed right, and the aromatics were not really exciting, which seemed regretful.

A bit held over for the next day in the open bottle was deceased.

I can imagine with the right pate that it would make for a wonderful meal.
 
I find that Syrah's plateau tends to be short relative to Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo, but the decline is often gentler, with compromised aromatics rather than structure. Thalabert, for example, and from elsewhere, Jasper Hill.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Michael?
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is michael sfjoe's name on the secret .sasha board?
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Perhaps, but I nonetheless believe Kirk was referring to me.

Kirk, I do not think the corked bottle had the Kermit import strip on it (front or back). In fact, I think it may have been a different importer altogether (did anyone else ever bring these in?), although I would have preferred Kermit. I will check when I get home, as I have one more bottle from the same source.
 
originally posted by Yixin:
I find that Syrah's plateau tends to be short relative to Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo, but the decline is often gentler, with compromised aromatics rather than structure. Thalabert, for example, and from elsewhere, Jasper Hill.
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Can you translate this to years, for the points crowd?
 
My remaining bottle of this wine has the Kermit Lynch front label too:

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I am fairly certain that the corked bottle didn't have it, but I failed to snap any pictures of that one.
 
originally posted by MarkS:
originally posted by Yixin:
I find that Syrah's plateau tends to be short relative to Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo, but the decline is often gentler, with compromised aromatics rather than structure. Thalabert, for example, and from elsewhere, Jasper Hill.
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Can you translate this to years, for the points crowd?
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That's VLM's job.
 
originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
Like the alcohol content in the label
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Noticed the alcohol content on the back label of 2006 Pergault on NYE. Wow.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
Like the alcohol content in the label
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It's the standard "11% to 14%" on American labels....
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Or the LDM standard, seems all their wines have a range for the alcohol on the back label.
 
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