WITHSTAND

[winoweenie]

Foodie ole' pal, " Subtle, nuances, complexities?"One of the great wines of my experience was the 59 Latour. Then I realized there was more to wine than Annies' purple Waters and then Lo and behold. Diamond Creek Came along. If you ever had the pleasure of a 78 Lake, it gives you everything a bottle can impart and then some. The whole thing about Calif and Bordeaux, is the growths of Bordeaux become civil much earlier in their evolution than the "growths" of Calif. So, the difference is in the tongue of the beholder, and some time...." Viva La Differencia ".Every tasting I've ever attended where 15 year-old Calif and Bordeauxs' were featured , the Califs havew won hands-down. Now I guess I'll listen to the old excuse of " Yeah, but Calif Cabs are showier and fruitier"......Well , La-De-Da if that means they're more pleasant to drink, and offer superior sippin', then line them suckers up and let's start poppin' the corks. By the way, fellers, when a Calif Cab ages the oak becomes integrated in the wine and has the propensity to add another dimension to the juice. The most graphic example I can think of is Tom Dehlingers' wines. At issue they have a ton of oak. The 95s' and earlier have shed this and are now super-duper-drinkers with a ton of complexities. Withstand now is known as withoutsitting. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]