It also might have been corked. On December 7, 2020 9:13:25 AM PST, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >On 12/7/2020 10:17:46, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> Many moons ago, in 1999, my wife and I ventured into Wine Cellar >Tasting Room at >> Rio hotel in Las Vegas. >> They were offering a tasting of old _white_ wines. By "old", I mean >from 1970-s. >> They had a flight of 4 or 5 wines from the same winery from different >years, - >> over 5-6 years span. >> >> The main take-home point: >> Certain white wines can stay and age for long time (contrary to the >popular >> belief). >> And you can tell the difference between the years - at that age (20+ >years). >> >> >> The funny moment was that when we tried one of those wines, we looked >at each >> other and agreed that it was not right: it went bed, although not to >the >> complete vinegar point yet. It was a popular place, and many people >went through >> that tasting before us that day. So, politely and carefully, we told >the host >> that the particular wine has probably gone over the hill. He tasted >it himself, >> agreed, and then wondered why nobody before us has pointed that out. >> He apologized, went into the back, and then told us that he didn't >have any >> bottles from that vintage year left, so, he brought even an older >one, - older >> than the entire flight, - that was usually not offered for tasting. >It was truly >> remarkable, the best of the bunch. >> >> That was a great experience, and an educational one as well: >> After that we've never been afraid to tell the wine-tasting hosts >when we had >> suspicions about some particular wine (when we felt something was >wrong). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Igor >> > >If it was an all day wine tasting event, might they have had a number >of bottles >of that vintage that were good and only the last one had gone off? > >I'm presuming it was the last bottle because the host said he didn't >have any >left when he checked. > > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
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