Yearly recap and wine resolutions thread

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I'll try this....

1. This is tough! I don't think I can narrow this down to just one. I'll narrow down by old world aged, old world not aged, new world aged, new world not aged.

Old world aged - This would be a toss up between 3 wines... Lafite '82, Montrose '90, Marquis de Riscal '70... All these wines were stunning. I believe my favorite to be the Riscal '70. This wine is in its peak window. Great stuff... not to mention the release price on this was probably 1 or 2 dollars.

Old World not aged - Also a toss-up... Clos Erasmus '04 and 2003 Ponsot Clos St.-Denis Vieilles Vignes..... I'm probably more impressed with the Ponsot but only because I've been sooooo disappointed with so many Burgundies lately. I couldn't put the Ponsot down. I drank way too much during that tasting.

New World aged - This is close also... Heitz Martha'a '74, Grange '79, '86, '88 and Swan Zin '74. Since the Zin was my biggest surprise, I'll have to go with Joe Swan.

New World not aged - Too many to list but the favorite would have to be Rudderless Shiraz '05. I'm still waiting for my Allocation.

Special bottle: Grange '79 for Halloween....

Value: Loan Shiraz retails for about $25 and drinks like a $100 dollar bottle.... Unbelievable juice!!!

Discovery: Too many wines so I'll just list an idea.... It's not as expensive to start a cellar as one thinks. Start with Spain and Australia (Ex. Penfold's). Buy the inexpensive wines and watch them age.

Resolution: Work on time management so I can spend more time drinking wine and not just tasting.......

mark

IK, I'll have to try the '04. Hattie and I are going to try to get up to NY this Spring.