The 1965 Indonesian Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon

I like my wine like I like my unspoken past

Buried deep 50 years underneath the layer of legitimacy that would prompt nobody to question the intimacy that was so racy

Between Stacy and Budi who planted seeds to create one of the most mysterious wine ever existed:

The 1965 Indonesian Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon.

It’s rare, bitter and sour at the same time and it comes with an extra hush-hush.

It’s a red wine.

This wine has a near-mythical status

We know it’s there

But it’s not there

But it’s there

But it’s not there

But it’s there

But it’s not there

Okay, it’s there as long as you dont talk about it

Now you start talking about it, it’s no longer there.

But it’s there

No, it’s not there

My Wine Master doesnt like it when I talk about this particular wine variety in our cellar

He thinks there’s no need to talk about this acidic, churlish, resentful wine that everybody avoids, and we should talk about other wines.

“Why not talk about the 1928 Reichensteiner classic that have a unifying feeling or the most popular 1945 Sauvignon Blanc that have a full body and comes with a strong patriotic aftertaste?”

“Or, if you wish for something more recent, i’ll recommend to talk about the 1998 Chardonnay reform. It’s hardly a vintage, but the 1998, it’s fruity”.

But Mr. Wine Master, the 1965 Vintage is also a part of our wine collection. Why cant we talk about it?

“Listen, son. The revolution might probably be televised, but what will be televised will not get revolutionised.

You’re all supervised by the same entity that colonised your cranium with premium titanium understanding

That made it impossible to break away from the standard lithium minimum underbranding of not daring to prolong

The information-sharing of this

History-shaping

Regime-changing

Eyebrow-raising

Victim-making

Sunlight-shading

Teardrop-shedding

Patronising

Hardly-existing…..

….Wine

In vino veritas. There’s a truth in a glass of wine. Just not this one.

The 1965 Indonesian Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon

It’s a bloody red wine.

My piece for 2015 UWRF Poetry Slam in which I finished as runner-up. Not bad.