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Post Subject: Aged dessert winePosted by de charlus on: 8/6/2013
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Tokaji Essencia, Mosel Eiswein, some of the Massandras and the best BAs and TBAs are pretty much indestructible, but this is not to say that the bad vintages of Sauternes last forever (the other wines I list above are only made in great vintages) although d'Yquem can be the exception to the rule to some extent, although people tend to ruin them by assuming them immortal. The great vintages can go on forever though; I had a bottle of 1821 on my 21st birthday (but 1821 was a legendary vintage) and did a vertical tasting a few years back of every significant vintage from 1995 to 1811, which was very impressive but then, the wines came from the cellar of the chateau, so one would expect that. It is Riesling, however, that really ages; I once had a 1697 Rudesheimer Apostlewein TBA that still exhibited acidity and balance, when most really ancient wines are merely curios.
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