This past weekend I attended a series of seminars during the South Beach
Wine and Food Festival in Miami Beach, Florida. There were eight seminars
where great wines were disused and tasted, but the one that stood out the
most was the Mondavi Seminar. It was moderated by Thomas Matthews of the
Wine Spectator. The stars of the session were Robert and Peter Mondavi and
there sons and daughters. Hearing these legends talk about their wines was,
to me, a great history lesson of modern California wines. We tasted several
of the Mondavi and Krug wines and, in my opinion they were all outstanding.
I will post notes once I get them sorted out. But one wine, I think
surprised us all. It was a 1965 Charles Krug Cabernet. It was alive and
well.
We were all surprised at the fruit and acid still in that wine. It was
complex and elegant and a pleasure to drink.