Many moons ago, in 1999, my wife and I ventured into Wine Cellar Tasting
Room at Rio hotel in Las Vegas.
They were offering a tasting of old _white_ wines. By "old", I mean from
1970-s. They had a flight of 4 or 5 wines from the same winery from
different years, - over 5-6 years span.
The main take-home point:
Certain white wines can stay and age for long time (contrary to the
popular belief).
And you can tell the difference between the years - at that age (20+
years).
The funny moment was that when we tried one of those wines, we looked at
each other and agreed that it was not right: it went bed, although not to
the complete vinegar point yet. It was a popular place, and many people
went through that tasting before us that day. So, politely and carefully,
we told the host that the particular wine has probably gone over the hill.
He tasted it himself, agreed, and then wondered why nobody before us has
pointed that out.
He apologized, went into the back, and then told us that he didn't have
any bottles from that vintage year left, so, he brought even an older one,
- older than the entire flight, - that was usually not offered for
tasting. It was truly remarkable, the best of the bunch.
That was a great experience, and an educational one as well:
After that we've never been afraid to tell the wine-tasting hosts when we
had suspicions about some particular wine (when we felt something was
wrong).
Cheers,
Igor
John Francis Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:11:55 -0800 wrote:
On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 01:24:27PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Larry, while I love California and over the years we've enjoyed most of
its
wine regions, this particular wine appears to be available in TX stores:
https://specsonline.com/shop/wine/beringer-sonoma-pinot-noir/
(This is a TX analogue of BevMo)
I love living in California!
Admittedly growing up in the UK wasn't bad - French wines were available
in the stores at reasonable prices. I acquired a taste for Burgundies
(and especially Nuits St. Georges - my best experience was spotting a
bottle of the 1969 vintage mixed in with (and priced as) a shelf full
of the 1970s at an off-licence (US: liquor store) when I stopped off
on my way to a party to pick up something.
When I moved out to California I soon found the Sonoma Pinots (and, in
particular, those from the Carneros sub-region) were more to my taste
than those from Napa. But perhaps a decade ago I came across the Santa
Lucia Highlands wineries, and in particular Morgan Winery.
Mind you, it's hard to go wrong anywhere on the California or Oregon
coast if you're looking for Pinots.
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