Dave

10

This wine was produced when Led Zeppelin released Kashmir, and Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody. Letting that sink in as I swirl the glass.

The cork was slightly depressed, and it fell apart, so I had to do some first aid. All is well. The wine pours out a very deep garnet at its core, with tawny edges. So far so good.

The nose is old, and I was afraid of the musty notes, but I think it's healthy tertiary aromas, not spoilage. Mushroom and forest floor. I don't have a lot of experience with 50 year old wine. Hey, I was made the same year this wine was!

The palette is excellent. Plenty of fruit present.. cherry, candied apricot, slate, and Flintstone vitamins. It tastes young! If I had this blind I would guess it's 20 years old.

No sediment or silt. This still has hefty acidity and lingering, cedar-like tannins. Crazy. I've had current bottles bottles of Chateau Caruel, which is an inexpensive wine, and they just don't make them like they used to. This wine is legitimately elegant and delicious. 30 minutes in, and I'm wondering where I can buy a case. What a fun experience!

Listening to Led Zeppelin, duh. — 21 hours ago

Nick Heer

8.9

Not my usual kind of thing but this was great. — 5 years ago

Robert McCall

9.6

Side One of Led Zeppelin IV — 6 years ago

Dave

9.2

The G really shines through over the S and M. S and M... 🤔 I was looking for a burger wine and this offering from McLaren Vale delivered. Really great.
Listening to Led Zeppelin. — a month ago

Eric Urbani

9.1

Michigan whiskey with an airship and fancy knots, what isn’t there to like? — 3 years ago

Veronica Castro

9.0

2018. Best Zeppelin I’ve had in a long time. Ripe, bouncy fruit. Good acid and length. A simple wine done very well. — 6 years ago

Donald Williams

9.0

Needed about 30 minutes to open up. Then was really nice. — 7 years ago

with Bonnie

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Acidity/tannins evident and über-present from start to finish. Tasted through the first few vintages in the early ‘90’s but haven’t come across this producer since early 2000’s. Stylistically, (thankfully) still the same. Plenty of earthiness, grip and punch evident with sustained, old Zeppelin feedback on the finish. Really nice. 05.07.25. — 4 months ago

Rolf Bigler

9.2

Preis: CHF 69.- — a year ago

Tom Garland

9.5

Been breaking out some fun wines deep from the cellar to keep spirits HIGH during the stay at home Cali mandate. Day 10 is no exception......time for dinosaur steaks and a 2009 Bryant Family!!

Decanted 1 hour. An arresting deep dark garnet color(lots of cloudy sediment). On the nose: caught me completely off guard with stewed meat, black olives, band aids, some licorice, red berries, and floral. Taste: Wow, this is singing "Stairway to Heaven " ....no garage band version, this is Led Zeppelin 1970s!! Dark cherries, chocolate, espresso, tobacco.
A Mark Aubert beauty with fine, silky tannins coating the mouth. An elegant, rich, soft wine with a long toffee/blueberry finish — 5 years ago

with Brenda