asajoseph -> RE: Best bad-storage wine you've had? (1/14/2014 4:59:30 AM)
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Years before I actually got 'into' wine, I decided that I quite liked the idea of having a small wine 'cellar'. I bought, over a long period, about 20-30 odd bottles from various supermarkets, wine merchants, and holidays, without ever really knowing what I was buying and basically assuming that price = quality = longevity. I never even really drank wine all that often in those days - I was in my early 20s, a year or two out of university, and much fonder of cheap supermarket lager! When I moved house about 4 years ago, I went through this 'cellar' and reviewed what I'd bought - most of it was well past its 'recommended' drinking window, but it was also largely comprised of grapes / wines that could, in theory, age (think Chateauneuf du Pape, Rioja, a Crozes Hermitage etc). It was stored in a 'cupboard under the stairs', despite me having an underground cellar in my flat which would, in hindsight, have been absolutely ideal. I don't suppose it was the worst place to put it - a steady cool(ish) temperature, moderate humidity, it should have been ok in there. I have drunk most of it over the last couple of years (all at 10+ years old), and most of it lasted the test of time fairly well, however one wine in particular really stands out in my memory as, possibly, one of the best tasting experiences I've ever had - a Jaboulet Syrah from Saint Joseph in the Rhone valley, the 2003 'Grand Pompee', was rich, bold, balanced and still remarkably fruity, despite being pretty much unavailable in the market by the time I drank it.
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