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PCF Wine appreciation thread. (1 Viewer)

Copper44 said:
It’s pretty tired...drinkable, but not much left. I had the 1983 a few months back, it was much better. Could have just been the bottle. But I have heard the ‘83 P-L was better than the ‘82 before.
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Exactly the opposite of what you'd expect, so you're right -- it probably was that particular '82 bottle. Had it been topped up and re-corked along the way?
 
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If you like barrel aged oakiness...this is fantastic!
 
Do you guys trust cellar tracker for ranges of years to drink your wine?

@Coyote - Cellar tracker said my Greek wine was as follows:

2018 Thymiopoulos Xinomavro Young Vines - Drink between 2019 and 2022
2017 Skouras Saint George Aghiorghitiko - Drink between 2020 and 2022
2017 Alpha Estate Hedgehog Xinomavro - Drink between 2021 and 2032

Do you agree?
 
Big Jilm said:
Do you guys trust cellar tracker for ranges of years to drink your wine?

@Coyote - Cellar tracker said my Greek wine was as follows:

2018 Thymiopoulos Xinomavro Young Vines - Drink between 2019 and 2022
2017 Skouras Saint George Aghiorghitiko - Drink between 2020 and 2022
2017 Alpha Estate Hedgehog Xinomavro - Drink between 2021 and 2032

Do you agree?
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I have never reached that level of knowledge.
All of these are great, and it would be hard for me to keep them rather than drink them:)
 
A good friend of ours turned 95 a few days ago -- he still scampers around the tennis court like a rabbit. So we took him out to dinner last night, and I brought along the oldest (drinkable*) bottle of wine I owned, even though the wine was only half his age. It turned out to be not only healthy, but delicious. Probably not as robust as it was ten years ago, but still complex and thoroughly enjoyable.

Blessedly, I have no idea when and where I bought it, or how much I paid. But it was the perfect occasion - our friend was the food and wine critic for the Los Angeles Daily News for over forty years, and still does a weekly wine podcast. He really appreciated it.

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*: We do have a 1976 Bicentennial bottling of a Colorado red wine, but it tasted like shitty vinegar back then, and I doubt it's improved, so we'll never be opening it.
 
pltrgyst said:
A good friend of ours turned 95 a few days ago -- he still scampers around the tennis court like a rabbit. So we took him out to dinner last night, and I brought along the oldest (drinkable*) bottle of wine I owned, even though the wine was only half his age. It turned out to be not only healthy, but delicious. Probably not as robust as it was ten years ago, but still complex and thoroughly enjoyable.

Blessedly, I have no idea when and where I bought it, or how much I paid. But it was the perfect occasion - our friend was the food and wine critic for the Los Angeles Daily News for over forty years, and still does a weekly wine podcast. He really appreciated it.

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*: We do have a 1976 Bicentennial bottling of a Colorado red wine, but it tasted like shitty vinegar back then, and I doubt it's improved, so we'll never be opening it.
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SO awesome Larry!!
 
This was amazing. Started a bit spicy, and then opened up nicely as the steak was served. I have one more which we plan on drinking in 5 years or so. The details of the food are in the dinner thread.

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Went to a wine festival on Thursday night, these are my picks:

Zeni 1870 - Amarone (Classico and Vigne Alte)
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David Phinney Wines (Palermo Cab Sauv Blend and 8 Years In The Desert Zin Blend)
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Josh Wines (Paso Robles Cab Sauv and Bourbon Barrel Aged Cab Saug)

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Signorello (S by Signorello Cab Sauv Blend)

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and a few more I can't remember off the top of my head
 

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