A flawed wine can still be interesting. A flawed personality rarely is. (ahem)
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After 20 (25, 30) years there are no good wines, only good bottles.
The first rule of wine enjoyment is to pay attention.
- “Wine is the answer. I just don’t remember the question.”
- Anonymous
De gustibus non est disputandum
Errrmmm, we are a bit off the tracks, but thank you for the good wine adages. Some of mine just seem to be things I say to myself over and over after tasting a wine.
Most wines can age longer than you’d expect.
There is a difference between a wine surviving and improving over time.
In Burgundy, for best results it is producer, producer, producer.
The people around the table matter more than the bottle on it
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There is no such thing as a little corked. (Yes, I know low levels of TCA while not being perceivable can strip a wine of its fruit.) But if a wine has TCA, it’s not worth drinking!
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Wow, this went off the rails quickly!
I’ve suspended the troll (@Cris_Whetstone was correct, all, don’t feed the troll…it’s not a battle you can win…we all lose) and deleted hopefully most of the messages, and replies which contain quotes.
Let’s get back on track, this is a valuable thread.
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“Clarity is king”
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So, always decant or avoid wines with sediment.
Vast majority of French domaines never admit that their wines are ever premoxed
Winemakers generally prefer young wines
Provenance is everything with older bottles
Champagne goes well with an amazing wide range of dishes
Decanting whites is often a good idea
If @Robert.A.Jr likes a wine, I will too
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I fell for that a couple times…now I know better
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Poor Todd likes fruit in his wines…
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yeah, how stupid of me! Wine is made of fruit, so once it ferments it should have no fruit profile. Must be why I like almost every Bordeaux you like…just not that Baudry crap.
Ah. The beauty of sweaty saddle leather. Tobacco ash. Green peppers. And so many shades of earth.
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Gentlemen, please. This has already gone off the rails once…
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That is precisely what berserker means, going off the rails! Butt naked, I think as well.
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How dare you refer to the state of being unclothed! Nakedness doesn’t belong on a wine board. Or anywhere else. I personally wouldn’t be caught dead naked! I’m terribly offended.
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It could rise to the state of a truism!
an image truly too horrible to contemplate!