So, my wife was running some errands, and I was walking our sleeping daughter in the pram. By a mere coincidence of which I had no control, the pram drove towards our local wine shop. Baby still sleeping, I set the pram outside the shop (Scandi style) and went in to have a look. To my pleasant surprise, they had some old Glorias. A 1982 for approximately 150 €, and a 1985 for approximately 60 €. The value buy obviously being the 1985, I bought one of the sub favorites.

I am prepping for New Year’s Eve while drinking it. It’s lovely. That divine balance of flavors, I have yet to find in anything except aged Bordeaux. The fruits are still red, the tannins are still present, yet so well integrated that it’s just… well if you know, you know. I can’t explain. It’s like small clouds of forest strawberries, rhubarb and it’s just so St. Julian. The hints of ceder and tobacco and fallen beech leaves in a Danish autumn forest in the morning. What a piece of art, what a dame she is, old Gloria in all her might a beauty.