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- agolosin - 09-09-2001 How long should we cellar a merlot, shiraz, cabernet franc, or meritage? We've just moved to a home with a wine cellar and are excited about starting a collection (and about drinking what we have!!) We have a number of wines from the Okanagan Valley, and some shiraz from Australia and cab sauv's from California (most from 98). - cpurvis - 09-09-2001 agolosin, welcome to the Board & congrats on the cellar. Tell us specifically which wines you have (by name) & we can recommend drink now or cellaring timeframes. cp - agolosin - 09-10-2001 Here are some of our wines (we do have some others but these should give us a start): Canada: Hester Creek Merlot 1998 Burrowing Owl Cabernet Franc and merlot 1999 Sumac Ridge Meritage 1998 Mission Hill Private reserve merlot 1997 California: J.Lohr Cab Sauv 1998 Rabbit Ridge Merlot 98 and Zinfandel 99 Robert Mondavi Coastal 1998 M.Trinchero merlot 1997 Australia: Bin 555 Shiraz 1998 and 99 Rufus Stone McLaren Vale Shiraz 1998 Rosemount Estate Shiraz Cabernet 1999 Wetherall Shiraz 1998 Wynns Coonawara Estate Shiraz and Cab Sauv 98 Argentina: Trapiche Cab Sauv 95 Etchart Cafayate Cab Sauv 96 South Africa: Plaisir de Merle Cab Sauv 97 Drostdy-Hoff Merlot 99 - winecollector - 09-11-2001 Just took a quick glance, but it looks like the majority if not all of them are ready to drink, and will not benefit much from aging them. Maybe someone else can pick out the one or two for you that may improve with age, as i am not familiar with some of your wines. - winoweenie - 09-11-2001 agolsin, welcome to the board. WC gave you a pretty fair evaluation of the wines you list. With time, you should rely on a good retailer about wines for cellaring. What you will find with your new digs is that the wines you have will stay drinkable in the new invirons far longer than in the ole' closet. WW |