Forget Resveratrol, Tannins Key to Heart Health from Wine

So I have to drink more tannic wine vs aged...GREAT

Gallo here I come!!!

Yes, it's a very provocative article, Ken. FWIW, there's no question that the health benefits of red wine arise from more than just the resveratrol in there. Other isoflavonoids such as quercitin are also present in red wine and have also been shown to have positive health benefits, though none so spectacular as those of resveratrol. This study now shows that protoanthocyanins (condensed tannins) are also good for you, but I will wait to see if they also show the effects on lifespan that have made resveratrol such a hot item.

Mark Lipton

Since much of the tannin in older wines ends up in the sediment, perhaps we need to eat the sediment :-) . I guess one could dry the sediment and pack it into capsules to avoid the taste of it. Of course one would need tests to see if the portion of the sediment coming from tannins still retains the health benefits of tannins in solution in the wine.

Sediments normally become pills, swallowed by new-age hippies that don't drink...

I'd recommend shaking up the f****** bottle and drinking DOWN that resveratrol WORM.

David

p.s. sorry, had a very bad day.

Gosh, I guess that this means that I need to get crackin' on drinking all my Sullivan Cab & Merlot, before those tannins loose their punch. OTOH, I have a feeling that I could lay those guys down for a few decades and they'd still have very big and firm tannins. If I gift one (usually try for something with ~10yrs of cellar on it), I always admonish the recipient to lay 'em down for 5 years, and then to decant for a couple of hours. I'd hate to get a call in the night, that a friend had gone into "Tannic Shock" during a meal!

Hunt

Hm-m-m, maybe the practice of the "common folk" spreading the crust from Port onto toast, wasn't such a bad idea at all - just unpaletable (for me).

Hunt

Hi All,

Are Madiran's imported into the US? How about Domaine Laffont Madiran?

Are Sardinia Nuoro Cannonau? How about Cannonau di Jerzu?

Any comments on recent tastings?

Regards, Phil

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Yeah. Shades of taste-free garlic capsules! If there ever was a silly idea...

Andrew.

Hi All, found the following in the Minneapolis, Minn marketplace, any comments.

Domaine Berthoumieu, 1997 Madiran, $12.99 at Bright Wines, Maplewood, MN

Ode d'Aydie, 2001 Madiran, $15.99 at Surdyks, Nord'East Minneapolis

Argiolas Costera Cannonau 2004, $14 at Surdyks

Regards, Phil, M> Hi All,

Don't know the Italians. Laffont is sometimes seen in US, I have the '97 Laffont Madiran, tannins galore- good for health, but hard to swallow!

Die younger?

Hi Dale and All, there are three different types. Which one do you have?

1) "VIEILLES-VIGNES" has 100% TANNAT 2) "TRADITION" has 80 % TANNAT, 10 % CABERNET FRANC, 10 % CABERNET SAUVIGNON 3) "Joris Laffitte" has 60 % TANNAT, 20 % CABERNET FRANC, 20 % CABERNET SAUVIGNON

How long to cellar til ripe? At least the medicine is cheap!

Regards, Phil

I was referring to Laffont. I also seem to have a bottle of Lafitte-Teston (1998), but no indicator other than Madiran. I assume either old vines or tradtion. I apparently thought it needed time, but it's in my secondary storage (not as accessbile, stacks of boxes). Guess I should dig out to more accurately indicate in Cellartracker what I have. Looks like there's a CdRhone that probably needs to be removed from that case anyway.

Hi Dale and All,

Have you tried any Uruguayan Tannat wines, similar to the SW Madiran appelation?

See a fancy Uruguayan syndicate website,

As an up&coming vino industry, they sure seem to have their world act together. [I have yet to find a Alain Brumont, Bouscasse, Montus website]

Carlos Pizzorno,Bodega,

Don Prospero Tannat Reserva 2004, 6 wks in vat, Gold Medal Vinalies Paris

Any tasting comments? A winestore in Minneapolis has a Uy Tannat and a Montus!

Regards, Phil

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