What wine did you first taste that caused you to think, "wow, this is what wine is supposed to be like!" ?
For me, at about age 23, it was a '78 Cabernet from the now-defunct Grand Cru winery in Glen Ellen, CA.
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n> What wine did you first taste that caused you to think, n> "wow, this is what wine is supposed to be like!" ?
n> For me, at about age 23, it was a '78 Cabernet from the n> now-defunct Grand Cru winery in Glen Ellen, CA.
Charles Krug Pinot Noir at $12 a case bought in Georgetown in
1964.James Silverton.
Dolcetto.
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For me, it was the 1997 vintage of reds in California. I'd gone wine tasting a few times prior, but 1997 was a pretty good year and I came home with a dozen (and wanted more).
Jose
It was what still is the greatest wine of all, the 1995 Domaine de Baumard Quarts de Chaume. I had no idea how good wine could be and this was only available pre-arrival so I only got one bottle. Many years later I met someone who had a case and traded one for me. I know it's the only bottle I'll ever have so I may never open it.
I had to think back awhile...my first bottle of wine was a 1966 Chateau Lafite that I opened way, way, way too soon in 1971..paid $20.00 for it..:)...I didn't know how to love it and actually didn't appreciate it much at all, being that it was still young and full of tannins...but the one that won me over was a 1966 Chateau La Gaffeliere at The Abbey Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia
Bill Clay
kenneth mccoy scribed:
IMO, nothing will ever beat the '59 Lafitte.
First real revelation came for me just after my 20th birthday a couple of months ago - was in New Zealand, in Queenstown. Had tried a few wines in the past before, hadn't *really* liked anything particular. Went on the Gibbston Valley Wine Route with my family, and suddenly found myself really liking the Marlborough Riesling there. Spent the rest of the trip in NZ trying out various other wines (particularly the Rieslings and Sauvignon Blancs) and have now developed a real fondness for them.
For me it all started at a party when I was about 25, after growing up in a family where wine was on the table everyday. At this party, about 7 or 8 years ago, I was looking for something better than beer to drink, so I saw a wine bottle from it's back and asked a bystanding guy "Which wine is that?" While I poured my glass, without even looking at the label, this guy said "Chianti". After a sip or two I realized that that wine was *good*, damn *good*, a whole step above the wine I used to drink. So I got back to the bottle to read the label, unluckily I only remember it said "bordeaux" ;) Maybe it was a 5 euro plonk, but it made me start to change my mind about wine.
1974 Heitz Cabernet.
Who here drinks Dolcetto regularly?
cutecat wrote:
A 1975 Rioja Gran Reserva and a pretty young lady. Can't remember the producer. Tim
Went to a Villa Maria wine club tasting, dragged along by work colleagues around 1992. They had the VM 1990 reserve cab sav, and the 1990 res cab/merlot to taste. I suddenly got it. Left with a case of each. Quite an investment then. Still have a bottle or 2 of each in the case..........
greybeard
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