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This wine is aged in cask at the winery prior to bottling and will not improve with further cellaring.
http://www.buller.com.au/
As they are already oxidised when bottled, they do not improve with further ageing. That said, they are very robust fortifieds, and will not deteriorate to any great degree for years (assuming good cellaring conditions and a good cork)
The Bullers rare is a great example. I would serve it at the same temperature as a red table wine, at the end of a meal. It would match with any rich dessert (chocolate or caramel based), but is so rich it's often a dessert in itself.
Wine tastes better upside down.
Pistons rule!
The only comparable wine I've had is the Chambers Rare Muscat from 3 years ago which was twice the price.
These wines last 5-10 years but more important 3-4 weeks after opening, in the fridge.
bman, I have 10 bottles left. At the next offline we both attend, one is yours. Of course, at the rate, we're going that may be 5-10 years.


I don't know if I've mentioned this here but my latest assignment, for the past year or so, has been managing a group of government doctors and nurses. We could trade stories!

Pistons rule!
@aussie - Tokay is not fortified wine. Nobel rot, the second half being a good description of your post.
Missed it by 15 years... And, Aussie was talking about Australian Tokay (Muscadelle), which is often fortified, not Hungarian Tokaji.
My best auction purchase ever was 10 bottles of NV (1981&82 blend) Mark Swann Rutherglen Golden Muscat for $50 all in. The stuff still rocks.
thelostverse posted:Missed it by 15 years... And, Aussie was talking about Australian Tokay (Muscadelle), which is often fortified, not Hungarian Tokaji.
Funny.
I was wondering about that date.
I guess at some point people just called any sweet wine Tokay, but if I'm not mistaken the grape called Tokay is actually red, whereas the Muscadelle used to make the wine called Tokay is white, and neither have anything to do with Tokaj.
Maybe someone was deep into his third bottle when he started passing out names?