found 2 bottles in my moving boxes

This might sound odd. I was finally getting around to putting up my wall mounted wine bottle rack and remembered that I have been saving a bottle of wine from our honeymoon. We visited a winery and brought a bottle back with us for our 5th anniversary. I found it in a box in the basement.

That isn't the surprise...I also found 2 bottles of wine that I brought back with me from Italy in '95. They have been in a stable temp, about 65F, in a box full of styrofoam, and kept horizontal. I'm sure they are still good, but I can't find any info about them on the internet, everything comes up in Italian.

Here is some info...

1992 Vale do Arco, Douro. Nothing else stands out as any identifier, but there is more written on the bottle, all in Italian.

1990 Notarpanaro Taurino.

Should I hold on to these a little longer?

Reply to
Duck Redbeard
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I don't know anything about them, other than to say that the first bottle is Portugese, not Italian.

My experience with Portugese dry reds hasn't generally been a pleasant one, but that's not to say that yours might be. I did recently have a Casa de Santar that was pretty good, from 2001.

Sorry I can't be of any more help than this, though.

- Chris

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Chris Sprague

"Duck Redbeard" wrote in news:WBiqf.22253$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews6.bellsouth.net:

Let me be the first (maybe) to say, the one is Italian but the Duoro is Portugese.

Reply to
jcoulter

Well,

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did bring up a minimal amount of info (hints, really) about your Portugese bottle.

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A shop in Sweden is selling the 2000 version of this wine for $8.99 USD. Given that yours is already 13 years old, I say drink up quickly, and be prepared for it to be over the hill. If not, then you'll have a pleasant surprise. In either case, do let us know how it was.

Also via wine-searcher, I was able to determine that your second bottle, which is indeed from Italy, sells for around $14 currently, though nothing as old as yours is for sale. In this case, Google brought up quite a bit of info, in English, regarding this wine. Try it again. It's still a bit old, probably, but try it anyway, and report back to us.

- Chris

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Chris Sprague

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Reply to
wildetuinn

Any idea what style these might compare to?

Reply to
Duck Redbeard

As others stated, Douro is a region in Portugal.

But....I've actually had the 1990 Taurino Notapanaro Rosso del Salentino a few years ago. Can't find notes, but it was a very nice medium-bodied warmish red. Didn't seem faded at time (I'm guessing

2000). The friend who served it said that they are wines that can really last. So this one might be tasty.
Reply to
DaleW

Well, we opened the 90 Notarpanaro and it was just not right. The cork was

90% saturated and the wine was off. I could only describe it as corky and sour. Perhaps the other bottle is the prize.

I thank everyone for their info, I have subscribed to this newsgroup and will be checking it often.

Reply to
Duck Redbeard

"Duck Redbeard" wrote in news:imxqf.21691$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews1.bellsouth.net:

Your experience underscores the need to have a back up bottle ready whenever wine is planned (at least until the world goes from corks to stelvin) Sometimes even plan B isn't enough, I have had to go to C before

Reply to
jcoulter

"Duck Redbeard" wrote in news:Xmjqf.18753$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews4.bellsouth.net:

A Douro wine could resemble the wines of Ribera del Duero. Whether this means anything to you or not is another question ;-)

Just to place the area, Douro wines come from the area where Port grapes are cultivated. Some parcels go for the sweet wine, some parcels go to the dry red wines.

I do not know the specific producer, but I will bet it is fading (if not totally gone).

Best,

S.

Reply to
Santiago

I beg to differ. Ribera wines are definitely "Spanish" (i.e. Rioja-esque) to me, with a pronounced vanilla sweetness/softness, while Douro wines (as most better Portuguese reds) make a much more "classic" impression, i.e. Bordeaux-like in there severeness and structure.

M.

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Michael Pronay

Michael Pronay wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@pronay.com:

Hi Michael,

I do not really have a large experience with Douro wines, but I have tasted a few and they do resemble a bit the wines of Ribera del Duero. Not only one of the grapes used in Douro (Tinta Roriz) is the same as Tinto Fino but the land is quite similar even if the typical terrace of Douro is not find in the Ribera del Duero. To me, wines like Pintas, Poeira, Vale Meao... are more Ribera than Rioja.

We would have to define what is Ribera first. Are we talking Arzuaga and Pesquera (classic producers)? or are we talking Mauro, Aalto, Dominio de Atauta, Neo (modern producers)?

However, we may agree to disagree ;-)

S.

Reply to
Santiago

I am talking those I have tasted which are on the classic side (Pesquera, Vega Sicilia), I suppose.

M.

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Michael Pronay

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