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- VivaVeronica - 10-15-2006
I'm new here so I hope this it's alright to post my question here.
I don't know that much about wines except for some things that I've read. I've been having an argument with someone on another website about bordeaux. This person claims that he/she has had 200 year old bordeaux and that it was great. I've read that a good bordeaux is only drinkable for about 50 years. Please tell me who is correct.
Thank you!
- winoweenie - 10-15-2006
Hi VV and welcome to the board. Would have to side with you. However, there are many cases of 100+ year old Bodeauxs that, When properly stored were alive and kicking (Magnums of Lafite from the Glamis Catle from the late 19th century). Have never read or experienced double century juice that still had life. WW
- VivaVeronica - 10-15-2006
Thanks for the quick response.
What about a Chateau d'Y quems or a Chateau Margaux? I hope I spelled those correctly. Also, what about a Chateau Lafite? This person is claiming that 1787 is drinkable.
I'm really excited that I found this message board. I love wine. I'm partial to semi-sweet white wines, but I do like an occasional Merlot. I just don't know that much about vintages and so forth. I tend to go for regional wines that you can buy at local vintners. Unfortunately, I recently moved from Wisconsin to Connecticut and my favorite wine in the world (Cedar Creek Gold, made in Cedarburg Wisconsin) is not available out here. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/frown.gif[/img]
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- dananne - 10-15-2006
d'Yquem would probably be as close as you'd get to one that could go that distance, but I've never heard anyone having anything that old that was still drinkable. So, I'd side with you as WW did.
You should have no problem locating local wineries that produce semi-sweet whites in your new neck of the woods. If not in Conn, then certianly NY. I know that most Finger Lakes wineries will make whites across the sweet/dry spectrum.
Welcome to the Wine Board from another Wisconsin native (our home was in Cambridge, near Madison, though my father has a place on Lake Geneva, most of my family was from Beloit, and I have family in Appleton, too).
- Kcwhippet - 10-15-2006
There are many counterfeit bottles of what some folks are claiming is some 1787 Lafite owned by Thomas Jefferson. There are only one or two of the real thing. One was tasted a few years back and it was roundly agreed by those who tried it to be junk and totally undrinkable.
- VivaVeronica - 10-15-2006
Thanks everyone so much for your replies. I'm the kind of person who can admit it when they're wrong, but I like it so much better when I'm right!
Anyway, to the person who is from Wisconsin, I'm originally from Milwaukee. I've been to Madison, but never to Cambridge, Appleton, or Beloit. For someone who was born and raised in Wisconsin, I've seen shockingly little of it.
If anyone has any suggestions about wineries in the New England area, it would be greatly appreciated. My boyfriend and I went to Benmarl in Hudson Valley a couple of months ago and did find a few wines that we liked. He prefers the dry red wines, but we're slowly starting to adapt to each other's preferences.
- Kcwhippet - 10-16-2006
Well, if you go to www.ctwine.com, you'll find out all about the 15 wineries on the Connecticut Wine Trail. That's a start.
- Innkeeper - 10-16-2006
Here is an article that gives you links to wineries all over New England: http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/farmersmarkets/a/aawineriesguide.htm
- Kcwhippet - 10-16-2006
That's a decent site, IK, but it has its shortcomings. For instance, there are 23 wineries in MA, but they only list 8. Unfortunately, even though MA has the most wineries of any New England state, they don't have a comprehensive web site like CT does.
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