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by ChefCarey » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:10 pm
Cleaning out my cellar prepatory to my trek - just found a bottle, way, way back - of Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Ynez Valley, 1991. (Shut up, yeah I know.) What ya think? Salad dressing?
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by David M. Bueker » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:15 pm
Probably, but maybe not.
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by Alan A. » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:24 pm
ChefCarey wrote:Cleaning out my cellar prepatory to my trek - just found a bottle, way, way back - of Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Ynez Valley, 1991. (Shut up, yeah I know.) What ya think? Salad dressing?
Only one way to find out....
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by SteveEdmunds » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:46 pm
email Jim Clendenen, and ask him!
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by Oliver McCrum » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:58 pm
You might be amazed, some of the older SBC Chardonnays I've had have been excellent. Just be sure to have a backup in case it's past its prime.
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by TimMc » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:18 pm
Alan A. wrote: Only one way to find out....
That
particular apparatus is out of fashion now, doncha know?
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by Mark Lipton » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:17 am
Oliver McCrum wrote:You might be amazed, some of the older SBC Chardonnays I've had have been excellent.
Who knew? I thought that they were only into telecomm and ballparks!
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by Bernard Roth » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:26 am
Carey, how good is your cellar storage? There is some possibility the wine is still acceptable. It is probably not going to be much better than drinkable, though a lot of ABC wines age very well.
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by Alan A. » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:18 am
TimMc wrote:Alan A. wrote: Only one way to find out....
That
particular apparatus is out of fashion now, doncha know?
Well, I wanted to make a quick, understandable point. I guess I could have used this:
But I don't think it would have the same impact.
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by ChefCarey » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:45 pm
Bernard Roth wrote:Carey, how good is your cellar storage? There is some possibility the wine is still acceptable. It is probably not going to be much better than drinkable, though a lot of ABC wines age very well.
Well, it's a real cellar - under my house. Pretty much constant temperature all year round - never above 60, never below 50 and a fairly constant 60-75 percent humidity.
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