tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post711439399172692389..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: Old or Young Wines First?Brooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-45635048029674880482012-03-04T17:30:05.049-05:002012-03-04T17:30:05.049-05:00I was at a massive Marchesi di Gresy tasting in SF...I was at a massive Marchesi di Gresy tasting in SF a few weeks ago (organized by The Rare Wine Co). It went from young to old. I hind slight I reckon I would have liked to taste the old ones first. By the time we got to the really good stuff - 80s and earlier, my brain was too foggy to really appreciate it. All I could write on the pad was "good, really deep stuff." <br /><br />For any tasting like that, what's really important at the end of the day is how the old/peaking wines are tasting. So yeah, I think old first makes more sense.Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137702344842316138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-41740744861402578852012-02-28T08:52:05.509-05:002012-02-28T08:52:05.509-05:00Hello
Nice post. when I was a young boy I always ...Hello<br /><br />Nice post. when I was a young boy I always tended to eat the things on the plate, saving the best bites for last. But now that I am older, I prefer to taste my favorite bites first. My palate is more sensitive to flavors, and let's face it, I don't want to be full when I get to my favorite bites<br />The same can be said about wine. I prefer to begin with the more interesting, older vintages. a fresh clean palate and more importantly, a fresh clean head.. I prefer to save the younger, most likely still available in the market, wines for last knowing well that at the point I may have already begun to loose focus.. and perhaps even my footing ;)vinosseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01589504463124738079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-15013667254248882822012-02-27T08:28:34.799-05:002012-02-27T08:28:34.799-05:00my goodness, "envy" doesn't even beg...my goodness, "envy" doesn't even begin to describe it... with 1000% on older to new (and pouring right to left, the same way we read Hebrew).Do Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-70536966331628348402012-02-25T00:53:44.509-05:002012-02-25T00:53:44.509-05:00What I always do is pour them all together, no not...What I always do is pour them all together, no not in one glass. With such a large quantity of wines you need a very big table but it is the most interesting way. Especially funny things can happen when someone misplaces a glass, urm.. was that 86 or the 89 or the 92? Keeps you on your toes and will make clear that humans are not very good at tasting ;-) Give it a try.Ithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689569741374718998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-68044704205079254322012-02-24T21:56:20.059-05:002012-02-24T21:56:20.059-05:00I dont recall the "rule" but in this cas...I dont recall the "rule" but in this case I would have done the same as you did. looked marvelous . insert *jealousy* hereAlfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-70925364795346469162012-02-24T20:55:35.637-05:002012-02-24T20:55:35.637-05:00I have been through a few epic tasting, though may...I have been through a few epic tasting, though maybe less than you, and I often think about the issue of youngest to oldest or oldest to youngest. I certainly think the field is divided. But I would say that youngest to oldest is the proven route. One may experience the oldest wines first, and so being, with more clarity, but then where does one go from there? Presuming that the older wines are more delicate, graceful, telling, etc. So while the fruit, tannins, power, youth, etc. may shade the older wines which follow, it has been my experience that this is the best course. And though the palate my be a bit fatigued and ones senses may be a bit loose, is this a bad thing. Think of it like travel to Europe where you are speaking in your non native tongue. Let's say Spain. You are jet lagged, fatigued, and maybe you have had a couple sherries, or tintos, and your tongue is loose, and your Spanish is better. Perhaps you are in a place to appreciate the culture better, the language, and you are a bit less inhibited, a bit less cerebral. Not sure my point is getting through here, but I hope it is. Think of the contexts of which I speak, relate that to trying wines youngest to oldest and then just let go.the zinfidelhttp://www.thezinfidel.comnoreply@blogger.com