Roughly what percentage of your cellar is white wine?
0% – I only drink red wine.
10%
25%
33%
50%
75%
100% – I only drink white wine
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Maybe it’s the summer heat, but I find myself drinking more and more white wine. And given the silly prices on some of the most ageworthy wines in the world – such as German riesling and Loire chenin blanc, among others – I’ve been buying in quantity and don’t have to worry about forgetting them in the cellar. As it stands I’m at near 50% white wine and with the 2015 German vintage in full swing soon, think white may soon overtake red. Interested in others’ cellar composition.
Way less than 10% because I usually drink them within a few weeks after picking them up. Currently there are two dry whites in my cellar. Counting Tokaji-aszu and some Auslese and TBA Riesling however, maybe around 5% in the whole collection.
That percentage has increased from about 15% in the last 6 months, as I’ve rediscovered a love of minerally, acid driven whites. To my stash of Chenins and Gruners I’ve been adding 2014 Chablis and Muscadet, Assyrtiko, a little Sancerre and (just this morning) some Aligote.
Somewhere between a quarter and a third is white, consisting of mostly Riesling, a few cases of Vouvray, with a tiny smattering of white Bordeaux and white Burgundy. I voted for 33% because it’s probably closest to that figure, especially after all the 2015 that’s been ordered comes in.
Flawed poll. I’m at 19.4%, 93 bottles. Going to drop a couple as it’s Bill Spohn’s annual Terrine luncheon today.
Just yesterday my wife and I were strolling in the white wine wing of the cellar when we noticed we were running low on Chablis. Good time to load up on 14s.
My cellar is pretty much 50/50 white/red and I am trying to keep it that way.
Update-I just checked the stats and it is 50/50 if you accept a delta of 6 bottles!
I voted 25%, but I wasn’t looking at it properly. I’m actually just under 30%, so closer to the 33% option. That’s probably about right for me. I drink more white wine than red, but I generally prefer mature reds, and I like most whites when they’re young and fresh, even those that are ageworthy.