Jan 1, 20061
1969 Hermitage
The last few years at Christmas my Dad and I have gone down into the cellar and rooted through some really old wines he has. Their storage has been decent, but suboptimal, and last year we opened a California red from the early 70’s that had half a cup of sediment in it and had totally turned.
This year we opened a Rhone red from 1969, and it was in remarkable shape. It was still a deep ruby color with hints of caramel brown, and had a really complex finish. It was an excellent wine, and I hope we do this well with some of the rest of his cellar. It makes me want to buy some wines that’ll cellar well and stick them away so that I can open them in 20-30 years with my kids.
