3 wine tasting

[wondersofwine]

With red Burgundy--they tend to close down about three or four years after harvest and reopen maybe eight or ten years after harvest (but there are always exceptions--the 1999 vintage seems not to have closed down at all). White Burgundies also go through a closed down phase but someone with more experience than I have told me the pattern is even less predictable than with red Burgundies. German Rieslings at the higher pradikat levels go through an awkward "adolescent" phase and then show secondary traits as they emerge and may be marvelous at 20 or 25 years. If in doubt I look at charts such as Wine Spectator or Robert Parker publish that make generalizations by region and vintage saying for example 1983 past prime, 1989 drink, 1999 drink or hold, 2004 not ready, etc.