my question is how to evaluate wines that I can tell are well made, but for me taste so damn young? I feel that in 5-7 years that they could be tasty or better, but I'm not willing to pay those prices on hope.
I felt that last time at long shadows, and recently at force majure tasting their 22's. on the other side of the coin, on my recent visit to 5 stars I was enjoying wine that were likely not as "top shelf", but I was tasting 6 year old wine as opposed to 2 year old, and it was maybe 60% of the price - so both my palette and wallet were happy.
This is a challenging topic because every palate is different and every wine is different. You learn to evaluate young wines by having a wine cellar, and tasting them over many years. I pull out older wines almost daily, to check on their development, to get a sense of specific vintages, and if I have multiple bottles, to see if I need to drink up. By and large I drink wines within 10-12 years of the actual vintage. After that it's kind of a crap shoot.
my question is how to evaluate wines that I can tell are well made, but for me taste so damn young? I feel that in 5-7 years that they could be tasty or better, but I'm not willing to pay those prices on hope.
I felt that last time at long shadows, and recently at force majure tasting their 22's. on the other side of the coin, on my recent visit to 5 stars I was enjoying wine that were likely not as "top shelf", but I was tasting 6 year old wine as opposed to 2 year old, and it was maybe 60% of the price - so both my palette and wallet were happy.
This is a challenging topic because every palate is different and every wine is different. You learn to evaluate young wines by having a wine cellar, and tasting them over many years. I pull out older wines almost daily, to check on their development, to get a sense of specific vintages, and if I have multiple bottles, to see if I need to drink up. By and large I drink wines within 10-12 years of the actual vintage. After that it's kind of a crap shoot.
Appreciate the article. Might want to edit: “This is the estate vineyard for Flaneur, whose new releases I reviewed in the September xxx post”
Fixed, thanks!
"Tears" - we always called them "legs".
I've seen both terms used to describe the wine running down the inside of the bowl.