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German| Date: 2005-05-04 17:43:38 |
| From: Gpduf@aol.com |
Subject: Re: Ahr wine label stating '1975er' |
| In a message dated 4/27/2005 4:14:11 A.M. Eastern St andard Time, wkmueller@T-Online.de writes: Eric Ch urch wrote: >I have just bought two bottles of Ahr wi ne. On the label of one it >states '1971er' and on th e other it states '1975er'. >I cannot believe those a re the dates of the wines (I hope not !) >What does i t signify ? > >This message was created using the Web -based forum : >www.wein-plus.com/forum/ > > > > What's wrong with Ahr-wines from 1971 (I hope, it was a Auslese or at least a Spätlese, otherwise dump it down the drain!) or from 1975? Such old wines may tell you things from the old time! I recently found a n Auslese from the Mittelrhein-area from 1975 in Bopp ard - perfect in shape and flavour; it's price: 12,80 €! There are still wines around like that; their do minating problem is the state of the kork! Cheers, We rner. More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscrib e: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm most pro ducers have "treasuries" in their cellars where they k eep a representative sample of all excellent years. I occasionally have the rare opportunity to sample a decades old tba...such as at winzer von erbach in r heingau. wiens from the 50's are not unusual and ar e generally of good cork. however, of late, there h ave been more and more cork problems related to poor supplies. we are seeing far more twist off caps this year. g More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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