On 12/7/2020 10:17:46, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
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
If it was an all day wine tasting event, might they have had a number of bottles
of that vintage that were good and only the last one had gone off?
I'm presuming it was the last bottle because the host said he didn't have any
left when he checked.
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