merlot vs. cabernet

[winoweenie]

Foodster I'm sorry if you took my reply to mean that the other great varietals didn't age. We both know there are many wines from all over the world that are great cellar candidates. I was answering in the context of the posters question, Cab...Merlot. And before this gets too highly charged there are also some mighty good Merlots from Pomerol that'll age with anything. Now to kick all of the answers in the patootie...I was having dinner at this fabulous restaurant in Hanford, Ca. ( try finding it om a map) with the owner Mr. Wing who is, or was, a "Professor Cum Laude " of the Cordon Blue School in Paris. He had at the time 60,000 bottles of wine in his cellar. After downing 2 bottles of 1970 Petrus (89 per) he said he wanted to bring up a mystery wine. The wine was in a brown paper sack and when poured had a brilliant ruby color with just a hint of caramel on the edge. Beautiful floral nose, hammered silk entry yadayadayada. I was completely stumped. Maybe not classic but a definate 90+. Took the sucker out of the bag. Was a 65 Martini burgandy he'd given 12 bucks a case 23 years earlier.Whodathunkit?? WW