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« Wine Notes | Main | Merlove - A movie about Merlot Wine »
Monday
14Jan

More Old Bargains

DateMonday, January 14, 2008 at 08:33PM

Yet again it happens. The best deal on the list is an older wine. This time is was Hermitage, Paul Jaboulet Aîne, 1999, which was going for $67 a bottle on a list filled with current vintages for bigger bucks. This wine is perfectly ready to drink now, with earthy aromatics, firm structure and the long enticing finish that only arrives after all the sweet young fruit loses its baby fat. What was striking about this fine syrah was its balance and refinement. Syrah loses its complexity when producers feel the need to supercharge its already robust character. In this wine you can actually taste syrah. The most corrupted varieties in New World winemaking have to be syrah and pinot noir as winemakers have turned pinot noir into syrah and syrah into port.

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Reader Comments (1)

The famous merlot line is one of our favorites quotes! (in jest of course ;)) We were just having the same conversation with the proprietor of a wine shop last weekend...it's funny because the first time we watched Sideways, we thought this Elliot guy really knew his stuff. We didn't even realize one of the jokes of the film was that his prized 1961 Chateau Cheval Blanc contained merlot (still don't know anything about Bordeaux really...)
January 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTasterB

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