Bill S. wrote:

>
> 1995 Dom. Closel Savennieres Cuve Speciale – I had been concerned
> about premature oxidation on some of these long lived wines, and the
> colour of this one gave me pause, being light yellow, but there was no
> sign of maderisation in this one. Lots of nuttiness (almonds?) and
> mature fruit, an interesting wine with a vey long finish, still
> carrying amazing acidity, although the impression of slight RS I had
> when this was released is now gone and it finishes quite dry.

Good to hear that this wine is doing well, Bill. It seems that more
recent Savennieres are a lot more suspect in their development.


> 2000 Ch. de Beaucastel – I continue to be surprised (slow learner?) at
> how approachable these wines have now become, relatively early in
> their life, compared to the older vintages. Dark wine with a ripe
> truffley nose, sweet entry, then smooth slightly tannic midpalate,
> followed by a long smooth drawn out finish. Lots of stuffing and an
> impression of Grenache you don’t always get with this wine.

You're not the first person to make this observation, but I'm still
hesitant to open my CNdPs that young. You, I'm sure, also have a
backlog of older ones to contend with. I'm still sitting on '89, '90,
'94, '95 and '98-'01 according to my records, and of them the '94 is
most likely first to go.

Mark Lipton
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