Taste it Again / Lost & Found
On occasion, I’ll take a wine I like and put it away in a “special box” for a few years to see how it will age … below you will read happened to those wines. On the other hand, there are wines that get “lost” in my wine cellar with nary a review ever written - some have turned into golden Treasures, others supreme Trash and then there are those that fall somewhere in-between (Tolerable). We’ll look at those here too. (New wines are being added all the time so keep coming back):
27
Aug
2014
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Category: Lost & Found / Taste it Again
Read the original review from July 2010 here
(Re-Tasted July 24, 2014) ... If ever there was a year you should consider aging Ontario Riesling, it would be those from 2009. The acidity that year was off the chart and those aromatic wines had it in spades. This Pondview Riesling had deeper than expected golden hue a nose that hints at lime and an undercurrent of patrol and a palate that seemed closes for the first little while bit soon showed pretty apple nuances with time in glass. This is probably one you'll want to consider opening sooner rather than later.
17
Aug
2014
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Category: Lost & Found / Taste it Again
Found July 2014
Think Gamay doesn't age? Think again. Today I had some friends over for lunch and after a little bubbly and a glass of Chardonnay I pulled an older Gamay out of the wine fridge and let the guessing game begin. Two seasoned writers guessed, one saying "old Pinot Noir" the other went with "Syrah" ... Neither was right. Here we have a hot vintage Gamay from one of Ontario's pioneer wineries (est. 1986). Lovely notes of anise and pepper on both the nose and palate with intriguing depth of flavour and delicious drinkability. This wine showed two things: blind taating is tough (even for veterans of the wine world) and Gamay can age well under the right circumstances of courae. This was a very exciting find. Lost & Found Rating: Treasure
