WTN: Two For Dinner...(short/boring)

We had these Fri night w/ Susan's ShortRibs:
1. Babcock 11 OaksRanch SauvBlanc SantaYnezVlly (13%) 1989: Med.dark gold color w/ some browning; rather caramel/butterscotch pudding/burnt forest/Kansas prarie fire slight nutty/herbal/celery seed slight oxidized rather complex/interesting nose' soft/smooth slight nutty/oxidized rather butterscotch pudding/celery/prarie fire/charred slight herbal pleasant/complex flavor; med.long caramel/butterscotchy puddin some charred/burnt hay field slight herbal/celery complex slightly oxidized finish; lots of butterscotch pudding and burning Kansas prarie but pretty interesting and a pleasure to drink.
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2. Novy Syrah DryCreekVlly (15.1%) 2001: Very dark color w/ slight bricking; beautiful very spicy/DryCreekVlly/raspberry/blackberry/Syrah/licorice almost Zin-like some toasty/oak very perfumed/aromatic nose; tart very bright/very spicy/raspberry/blackberry/Syrah slight Zin-like some toasty/pencilly/oak complex flavor; very long/lingering very spicy/raspberry/blackberry/Syrah slight pungent/licorice/pencilly/toasty oak finish w/ light tannins; loads of very spicy/DCV character and almost like a DCV Zin.
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Reverend is out, no BP today.
Tom

[Jenise]

I know you have a lot of wine, but did you intend to age the Babcock this long or did it just get away from you?

I know you have a lot of wine, but did you intend to age the Babcock this long or did it just get away from you?

Jenise,
Obviously I have (way) too much wine. I don't always keep close track of everything and drink it when I should. In a perfect
world I would. Alas...I'm a very imperfect person living a very imperfect life...so this happens.
I get a lot of intellectual interest in trying some of these old wines. Most of the ones that are dead & gone, but I'll occasionally
find one that has made it way beyond its life expectancy. When I opened the case that had the Babcock, I just shook my head that
I knew this was a goner. It was not, it actually delivered some real pleasure.
Tom

[Jenise]

I don't always keep close track of everything and drink it when I should. In a perfect
world I would.

I realize; it's already happening to me and I don't have nearly the wine that you do. Which is always why I find your reports on the survivors so interesting and informative. It's not always the wines one would guess....

Obviously I have (way) too much wine. I don't always keep close track of everything and drink it when I should. In a perfect
world I would.

Mea culpa as well - I keep finding bits of things I'd forgotten I had. Sometimes they are delightful, sometimes they are marinating material. If the former, I always act as if I had intentionally aged it to that degree out of a sense of academic experimentation and adventure. Sometimes the guests even buy that story.