What I would do for one of those old bottles! Amazing. I love Boudreaux. Recently had a 2005, and I wish I would of waited another 10 years before opening. CHEERS!
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What I would do for one of those old bottles! Amazing. I love Boudreaux. Recently had a 2005, and I wish I would of waited another 10 years before opening. CHEERS!
Yeah I wonder what those old bottles would be like. The winery doesn't sell them but saves them for family members and special occasions. A part of me wonders if they are even still good lol
Oh yes they defiantly are. But of course it does depend on the vintage, and quality of grapes, then a individuals preferred taste. I have found some old wines to be a little funky, but the fact that your drinking on something so old, that adds to the experience.
But lets say the Bordeaux is a stellar year, and top quality grapes, I have heard after 20 years, a great it is heavenly! The special white wine they make there also has great ageabiltiy.
Yeah. That's what I assume any bottle over 20 years old would be like to be honest. But the idea of it is really cool. Its like being apart of history in a way.
I know that wines that can be aged will eventually "peak," i.e. hit a point where the flavors and aromas are at their peak goodness. After that the wine starts to degrade and lose flavor and aroma and take on degradation flavors (mustiness, funky-ness, become acidic...etc). The cork obviously plays a role in that a it's the cork that allows the wine to age. But eventually the cork will degrade and start letting bacteria into the wine. I read that most wine will begin to degrade after about 18-20 years. But like you said, that will surly depend on the quality of the wine, cork and how its stored.
I know that people will buy old bottles as an investment though, which I find super interesting. To me it seems that once that process starts (once someone purchases a bottle for a really high dollar figure) the bottle will likely never actually be drank. It is now an investment bottle. One person buys it at a ridiculous price holds it a few years then sells it for an even higher price and so on. It's like fine art sales in a way. So I kind of wonder if really old bottles actually taste awful but no one would ever know because they would never be opened 🤔
That is true. And I agree about how interesting it is about wine as an investment. I was watching a youtube video the other day, and the guy was telling a story about some dinner he went to in Burgundy, and upon arrival he was given a glass of 1909 Chardonnay! He said you couldn't even tell it was a white wine anymore, and it wasn't the greatest, but it was still drinking after over a hundred years! I could see someone paying $$ for that experience.
😂 that's funny. Neat experience though.