Vintage Wines

[rareboy]

I have like 200 bottles of red wine in stock. Usually I listen to the seller's advice but since he's only human I open a bottle some years earlier 'cos it happened before I had to threw away a whole crate. But honestly I never keep them longer than 8-10 years.

I recently opened a 1999 Tuscan that had kept beautifully in storage...but like you say, they usually should be opened within a decade.

Particularly some of the non-vintage year French wines.

 

[pornoboy]

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[jaydeanbe]

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The price of wine might give some indication most of the time but mid price bottles have often surprised me in a good way.

 

[pornoboy]

Question: what is a mid price bottle..?


...and red does it better than any other wine.​

 

[jaydeanbe]

Question: what is a mid price bottle..?
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...and red does it better than any other wine.​

That will vary depending on the person you ask. I’d say for a white or rosé wine: 6-8 Euro is midprice. As for red wine I usually never even try it if it’s labeled under 8 Euro. I’m happy if I find a great wine between 8 and 10 Euro which I can somehow compare with the quality of a 20 Euro bottle which I keep for special occasions.

 

[rareboy]

For us, a mid price bottle is in the $25-$75 Cdn and above that are the upper tier wines.

I have some favourites though in the $20 range.

Sadly, I recently found a bottle of Merlot in my cooler from 2004 and it was really indifferent. I have no idea why it had been sitting there except it was under a layer of other wines I usually don't disturb.

I also found a '59 Margaux I thought we had served some years ago. I am afraid to open it, but for a number of reasons, I am determined to empty the cellar and not collect any more to keep longer than a year.

 

[jaydeanbe]

A fine wine is often not linked to it’s price. I have a friend who thinks every wine under 25 Euro is crap. So I often serve him an 8-10 Euro wine inbetween without telling and he never complains But it’s obvious you guys drink better wine than me. While trying out I sometimes get disappointments you should never have.

 

[rareboy]

Remember we are paying differently for wines in Ontario because of the tax and duties structure, so you absolutely can get some very good wines in the 10 Euro range depending on the nature of what you are drinking.

I prefer Tuscans and Burgundies for European selections, Merlot and Syrah from Chile and Cabernet Sauvignons from California.

But I drink southern Italian white wines and blended wines from Australia quite happily as well and they are very reasonable here.

 

[jaydeanbe]

Remember we are paying differently for wines in Ontario because of the tax and duties structure, so you absolutely can get some very good wines in the 10 Euro range depending on the nature of what you are drinking.

I prefer Tuscans and Burgundies for European selections, Merlot and Syrah from Chile and Cabernet Sauvignons from California.

But I drink southern Italian white wines and blended wines from Australia quite happily as well and they are very reasonable

I’m lucky to live close to the border of France where even the supermarkets sell high quality wine. The Merlot grape is my fave as well, in Italy they also have it and their wines often taste stronger. And yes: Chile, California but also Australia and South Africa seem to produce very fine wines.

 

[rareboy]

I’m lucky to live close to the border of France where even the supermarkets sell high quality wine. The Merlot grape is my fave as well, in Italy they also have it and their wines often taste stronger. And yes: Chile, California but also Australia and South Africa seem to produce very fine wines.

Lucky man. In Ontario, we have a wine industry on the Niagara Peninsula, but I think all of our wines are shit.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

Lucky man. In Ontario, we have a wine industry on the Niagara Peninsula, but I think all of our wines are shit.

Even the ice wines?

 

[rareboy]

Even the ice wines?

I dislike all really sweet dessert wines...so even though our ice wines are popular around the world, I always think of them as scheisse wines...

 

[pornoboy]

A special decanter makes cheap wines more tempting...




...even scheiss wines​

 

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[rareboy]

mmmmmmmmm. Breakfast Wines.

 

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[rareboy]

I think I have related this before.

When we stayed at a place in Tuscany, they grew their own grapes and olives.

For the big dinner for all 26 guests staying there...there were jugs of Vino Bianco and Vino Rosso from their presses. That is what they were labelled.

I was so fucking hungover.

 

[pornoboy]

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