From a half bottle. Popped & poured as I was expecting this to be slightly tired…
Showing good complexity on the nose with sweet damsons, cooked plums and raisins with spice, smoke, tar. The palate is surprisingly big, rich, meaty and well structured with its black fruits & oak hints. An interesting wine for a blind tasting. Probably at its peak from a half & thanks NigelP for letting me try this – much better than I was expecting, very enjoyable in fact! 14.5%vol. 90pts
A Lytton Springs at just under 10 years old tired? Never!!! Even from a 375.
Interesting. I’ve tended to drink the Geyserville over the Lytton Springs in the past. This half bottle has shown me the error of my ways.
Phil – I’ve had great older wines from both plots. Not long ago I had the 90 Geyserville, which I never would have imagined could be so good at this age since it was chugible for many years in its youth. On the whole, I’d bet on the Lytton Springs aging better because the Geyserville has such a big dose of carignane, which is not known for aging.
Oooh, good topic for discussion! Which ages better - Lytton Springs or Geyserville? I think that it probabaly depends on the vintage and the varietal make-up of each bottling (which changes significantly from year to year), but to me the Geyserville ages more gracefully. The Lytton Springs is a bit riper and fruitier, and while it still lasts, I am not sure that it picks up the complexities that the Geyserville does. Let the conversation continue…
had a cooked 1990 Geezer recently, so sad.
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I still have a few 90 - 92 Lyttons, and fell no urgency to drink them. I like them in both their youthful and mature stages. I like the Geyservilles, as well., which probably age a bit better, but that is splitting hairs…