Veuve Goudoulin 1979 40%

Last Goudoulin of today’s session. Late 70s vintage, BA, and 40% as you guess. 

Colour: Mahogany, gold lights. Irregular medium tears.

Nose: Beautiful rancio on leather and goat milk. Fresh floral notes. An entrance that reminds me of old HRR Borderies. Promising bouquet. Heathery background. Nice rusticity.

Palate: Maraschino and raisins at first. A tad of acetate and that funky acidulous rancio you sometimes get with Danis (or for rum lovers: TDL), with blackcurrant juice in the aftertaste. Some malted tones. Slight fermented hints on black tea and Brillat-Savarin cheese. Maybe a tad too sharp regarding oak influence.

Last Notes: Heady red fruits. Great vivid rancio balanced by heavy oxidized notes on old Savagnin wine. Slightly mushroomy too. Back on the palate, it’s a bit more oaky than previously perceived. It ends on truffle oil and kiwi/grapefruit juice.

Here comes the funk. A bit imperfect, but definitely a good dram.