La Mouline and Pride

Dinner at Cinecitta.

1983 Guigal La Mouline - nose was wonderfully explosive, with bacon fat, game meats, nutmeg, with sweet fruit. Really amazing. After a while glycerin started to show in the nose. With an open decanter, the wine started to fade after 2½ hours. Very nice, and a great wine until it fell apart.

Bought from Vinum for SGD 660.

1998 Pride Mountain Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - wow! Typical Californian, with loads of sweet, ripe fruit. Alcohol levels high thanks to the ripeness. Very concentrated, full-bodied with firm tannins, but fairly drinkable. Color is ink black. Nose also had lots of strawberry cotton candy and caramel. Pretty good stuff.