On old wine

I had a glass of 80 year old wine tonight after dinner at Le Cercle with Dylan. Life is good.

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I feel that I should clarify this. What I actually had is the Maury 1928 Solera, which is a fortified wine made from red grapes (Grenache Gris, Grenache Noir, Carignan) but aged in a Sherry-like solera style: 600 litre barrels are used and each year a bit of wine is taken off and replaced with new wine. The original solera at the Maury co-op started in 1928, so each bottle contains a bit from the 1928 mother wine. It's a deep red/brown colour with a delicious Christmas cake and raisin nose, together with some caramel notes. The palate is dense and raisined, with coffee and treacle notes. Complex, sweet and not too sickly; a real treat. (Source)

So while not completely from 1928, it was still fantastic. By the bottle it's about £45 ($90) at a restaurant, but we had it by the glass for £9.50.