Scoring an 18+ Dionysian points out of 20, and having 12.5% alcohol, the fifty-year-old 1971 Chateau De Malle Sausternes classified during the 1855 making of the Grand Crus cost about $12 back then.

Rich honey and apricot aromas fill the nose. a cluster of tartaric acid crystals were the sediment. Some were embedded in the cork as expected. It proved how great old Sauternes can be.

Served with a creme brûlée . Perfect. The flavor of each ran into the other.

The color had matured from a light yellow straw into a deep golden-amber-brown as expected but was still lighter than other dessert wines I’ve had.

It’s just a lot of fun sharing a fifty-year-old bottle with people who can pick up the complexities and enjoy the history. Cellar some wine. In Vino Veritas.