Seppelt Chalambar Burgundy 1976

[Dang]

As promised our son shows up to cook us our art exhibition foods. And I open the 1976 Seppelt Chalambar Burgundy. The wine is decanted and filtered. The cork scares me a bit, its colour is redbrick! The nose exhibits black berry, leather, anise, pepper, tobacco in order. The taste is fruity and fresh with bits of stewed plum. It is reminiscent of an Amarone, without the alcohol. It drinks well for the next 2 hours and seems to fade slowly afterwards. What a wonderful gift from a 40 yo.

[JamieBahrain]

Beautiful!!

[Mahmoud Ali]

I love reading posts about old bottles of wine that show well. And nice photograph to boot.

Thanks...................Mahmoud.

[dave vino]

It is reminiscent of an Amarone, without the alcohol.

I reckon maybe based on this it may have had some fortified blended in to it as they did in the day to give it more substance?

[mjs]

Love the label

"Chalambar
Vin
Australian Burgundy
Wine"

[TiggerK]

As promised our son shows up to cook us our art exhibition foods.

Hey Dang, thanks for the note, but also just wondering what the story is behind this food mention?? What did he cook??

[Dang]

Thanks for the replies. I did not mention that we have the Yattarna 2003 with the Vietnamese dinner (I am Viet, my wife's roots trace back to the Scottish Highlands) before the Chalambar. For the art opening (My wife paints in oil, I do old style photography with my own twist, basically negative torture) our son Quang (he cooked with Mark Best, Mark using Tin Horn Creek wines and Quang using Mount Pleasant 2009 Maurice O'Shea shiraz and 2004 Lovedale semillon for a celebration in January in Vancouver, Canada) dishes Marinated cucumber with herbed goat cheese, shrimp toast with charred avocado, smoked salmon salad with celery and dill, mini banh mi sandwich, Vietnamese beef tartare with fresh herb, all washed down with 2013 Cockfighter's ghost Verdelho and 2009 Katnook shiraz. The seafood was flown in from Vancouver. The problem is what I pour for friends tonight, maybe Saltram No 1 (maybe a vertical), a Kalleske 2005 or 2001 Annie's Lane Coppertrail shiraz washed down with a 2000 Yarra Yering Potsorts. I fortunately have the rest of my collection to drink!