I had different names for this post..."the generosity of friends" or maybe "vintage vino" but when J sent the photos up to me he called it "the wine in Spine"
(Actually today it should be called the rain in Spain - again!)
Anyway the point of this is about the wine.
Way back in the 1980's Mariano lived and worked in Hannover, importing Spanish wine. Last week, he gave us a bottle to drink with our lunch, then said take this one and this one as well but let them stand so the sediment can settle before decanting. A couple of days later, he gave us another bottle. When we had a good look at the labels, we realised they were old wines, 2 from 1982, 1 from 1983 and the last from 1987. We drank the Cerro Añon for lunch - as instructed - and then decanted the Sabatacha Real and sipped it slowly during the next few evenings as it is (or was) 16%!
The Cerro Añon was an '87 wine, bottled in '92 and made Reserva Limitada in '96 - no wonder J needed a siesta that afternoon.
We have two bottles left which need decanting, I do believe it's Easter soon so we have something special for Easter Sunday.
Hi Vicky love the look of the wine bottles, you should keep the wine it might be wortha fortune in a cple more years.. If i had it though i would have to drink it.. Happy hangover xxx Barbs
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