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The wines were precious old things from Glen's cellar, which
is really the bottom of a bookcase in his bedroom.

Landhaus The Saint Shiraz 08 - cooked fruit, quite heavily
oxidized, a backnote of brown sugar cookies and maybe a
touch of cinnamon. Kevin really hated this, as his palate
has become used to wine made fresh yesterday. I admitted
that it was seriously over the hill and probably hadn't
benefited from being out in Adelaide summer heat for six
years.

Penfolds Thomas Hyland Cabernet 04 - this was also somewhat
oxidized, with plums becoming prunes and currants becoming
raisins. Still some tannin to redeem it, and it had aged
somewhat more gracefully, though behind the dried fruit
there was an annoying touch of rot as well as the sherrylike
asoect. Where had this wine come from - well, in '06 we'd
visited the same crew, and I'd picked up a couple bottles,
and we'd opened one, and it wasn't ready to drink, and here
was the other bottle, caught on the downslope.

I brought out some World Market chocolates - the 70%
(you'd call it extra-bittersweet), a chipotle version, and
one flavored with chile, type undisclosed, and lime, sad to
say in the form of dried peel. To go with, three Adelaide
area Ports:

d'Arenberg vintage Port 1975 - gone very pale, old musty
raisins and nuts, bittersweet; a fairly long undescribably
off-flavor finish that turned out to be really annoying
when I tried to cook with half a cup of it later in the
trip;

Penfolds Club Port 1956 - still good color, raisins and
dates, maybe an almondy scent, a bit over the hill, with
a long boiled sweet and raisin finish; and the

Para Liqueur Port 1944 from Seppelt was the big star, still
vigorous and rich with that odd minty aspect that many of
the better stickies possess: beginning to show its age but
still going strong, rather like Glen.

After which those who wished more alcohol were directed to
the Stanley box Cab-Shiraz, which is vin at its most
ordinaire, quite potable, but you wouldn't want it to
touch your taste buds if you were fully sober, sort of what
I figure the last wine at Cana would have been like before
the Man stated meddling with the catering.
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