Aged Wine Disappointment

[Thomas]

Your description sounds like a faded wine, which leads into your last question.

First, you need to know about the wine producer in question: are their wines long-lived?

Second, you need to know the vintage: is it a good one? what are the odds that the long-lived wine reputation will hold up for that vintage? et al.

Third, you need to understand that it is essentially a crap shoot--the odds are in your favor IF you know the producer's reputation, the quality of the vintage and the storage conditions all the way through the wine's life. Remove one of those ifs, you roll the dice...



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 02-17-2004).]