Holiday road

[Thor]

Are you still rating '96 a hold?

Yes, absolutely. It's not that it's not drinkable now, it's that there's still upside. As for the 2000, there's so much upside with that wine that it seems to me to be an abject waste of potential to drink it now.

It's coloring, though, which leads me to worry a bit about its continuing longevity.

Could just be cork variation. I was eyeing mine a few weeks ago, and didn't notice anything. But I've had some pretty dark CFE (and CSH), even from the Trimbach cellars, that still tasted youthful. So unless you're worried about premox, I wouldn't be in any hurry to drink the '96.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Merci to you, too.

 

[Jeff Pinhey]

Nectar Imperial..... Last time I had any of that, the agent was using it as a base for cocktails...

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Jeff Pinhey, Halifax:
Nectar Imperial..... Last time I had any of that, the agent was using it as a base for cocktails...

It's an extraordinarily versatile wine, that's true.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Sorry, inside joke/literary allusion.

And here I thought you were just being a trifle snarky. My apologies.

Mark Lipton

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Nectar Imperial jokes go back a long, long way.

 

[Don Rice]

Don't forget that, um, 1998 vouvray moelleux (was that Peter's touted vintage?)...
it clearly gives the nectar a run for its money