Aging curve for Oregon Chardonnay

[TKazi]

My response below to you, Marcus, was pulled into the Diam thread. It’s more suited to this thread on Chardonnay and aging.

Frozen in Time: the interplay of sulfur levels and the use of Diam corks

This thread exemplifies the kind of conversations that keep me reading here and learning. I read a fair amount on wine (other than Wine Berserker, I’m presently in Lepeltier’s great One Thousand Vines) and there’s a temptation to simply follow advice that I’m learning to trust. I’m resisting this temptation. One way I branch out and make my wine consumption interesting – a little craft in itself – is by trying unlikely OR Chardonnays to better understand how they taste young and age, and Grochau…