One time I found a small wine store that had +10 year old bottles of different Chilean reds. I bought almost all of them and it was hit or miss 😅. How do you decide which wine you will age?
I observe regional trends and producer’s habits... You can try the wine and go by structure like acidity and tannins. Intensely structured reds like Barolo age forever. Soft, jammy, Shiraz does not. Aggressively acidic Albariño will age...
Naturally research about the region. Are wine from there long livers. If at all possible, try to see the cork and look around the store how wines are kept, i.e. are they laid to keep cork moist, how much of natural and artificial light around,...
Of course white wines age superbly. Chablis, Meursault, Montrachat, Alsace Rieslings to name but few. And then of course Sauternes' and, to a lesser extend, Cadillacs. Some years ago my wife and I were fortunate enough to be at a great private event where guests were treated to several wines from great years of Château d'Yquem. 1929, 1959, 1967, 1976 and the star of the show was 1893. We still recon we have the taste of it on our lips.
I’ve had 90’s Y’quem, but never a vertical of such majesty. I’m a big fan of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine. I had a vertical from the Valet Village. 2015, 2013, 2009, 1999.
Eden Valley Australian Riesling is another fantastic wine to age.
I can also recommend anything from Margaret River. Speaking of which, it is sad time for my wife and I. We would be now getting ready for various food and wine event,. Margaret River Food and Wine Festival is most loved by us, but like most such...
I’ve read (though never experienced) that the British have a thing for aged champagne that forms a “peacock eye” in the glass. Or am I just confabulating a past Avengers episode?
I know the British adore a champagne and helped it become the effervescent delight it is today. But I’m not sure what they mean by a “peacock eye”... Could be some beatnik poetry term from the 50s. They wrote a lot about Champagne back then and...
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Excellent read Mr Angry Somm! Loved itttt.
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One time I found a small wine store that had +10 year old bottles of different Chilean reds. I bought almost all of them and it was hit or miss 😅. How do you decide which wine you will age?
I observe regional trends and producer’s habits... You can try the wine and go by structure like acidity and tannins. Intensely structured reds like Barolo age forever. Soft, jammy, Shiraz does not. Aggressively acidic Albariño will age...
Read moreNaturally research about the region. Are wine from there long livers. If at all possible, try to see the cork and look around the store how wines are kept, i.e. are they laid to keep cork moist, how much of natural and artificial light around,...
Read moreOf course white wines age superbly. Chablis, Meursault, Montrachat, Alsace Rieslings to name but few. And then of course Sauternes' and, to a lesser extend, Cadillacs. Some years ago my wife and I were fortunate enough to be at a great private event where guests were treated to several wines from great years of Château d'Yquem. 1929, 1959, 1967, 1976 and the star of the show was 1893. We still recon we have the taste of it on our lips.
I’ve had 90’s Y’quem, but never a vertical of such majesty. I’m a big fan of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine. I had a vertical from the Valet Village. 2015, 2013, 2009, 1999.
Eden Valley Australian Riesling is another fantastic wine to age.
I can also recommend anything from Margaret River. Speaking of which, it is sad time for my wife and I. We would be now getting ready for various food and wine event,. Margaret River Food and Wine Festival is most loved by us, but like most such...
Read moreI’ve read (though never experienced) that the British have a thing for aged champagne that forms a “peacock eye” in the glass. Or am I just confabulating a past Avengers episode?
I know the British adore a champagne and helped it become the effervescent delight it is today. But I’m not sure what they mean by a “peacock eye”... Could be some beatnik poetry term from the 50s. They wrote a lot about Champagne back then and...
Read moreI may have confabulated a peacock with a partridge... fpwm.com/n-v-jean-vesselle-oeil-de-perdrix-blanc-de-noirs-champagne-france-750ml/
Very interesting 👍
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