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In article >,
says...
>
>I'm pretty sure it was Ravenswood Shiraz. As far as its aging potential,
>it was already too soft and monodimensional for my taste now so I can
>assume that it is not going to get any better. I could be wrong...
>
>Speaking of old Carneros Pinot Noirs, I bought two bottles of 1976 BV
>Pinot Noir (The first year that they labelled them as Pinots and not as
>a "Burgundy") from the of their legendary wine maker. I bought them
>mostly out of curiousity for $40.00/bottle from KL Wines. I immediately
>worried that the wine would be undrinkable so I opened one and was more
>than pleasantly suprised. Very nice fruit, acceptable acidity, soft and
>appealing tannins. The wine seemed to have lost any hint of hard edges,
>but had a vibrancy to it. A wonderful wine -- I only hope the remaining
>bottle is that good. Talk about a crap shoot...
>
>Jonathan
>
>Hunt wrote:
>> In article >, says...
>>
>>>Hunt wrote:
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>>>>I'll bet you mean Rosemont Shiraz. Ravenswood is a Sonoma (though they do
>>
>> have
>>
>>>>property, and sources, that lie beyond Sonoma) Zin producer.
>>>
>>>Nope, I bet he meant Ravenswood, Hunt. They now market a SW Aussie
>>>Shiraz, which I've seen placed next to [other] Aussie Shirazes in the
>>>supermarket in Indiana. Keep in mind that they're now owned by BRL
>>>Hardy, so maybe it's not so surprising.

Wow, new to me. I know that they were recently purchased, but I assumed that
Joel Peterson was only working with Zins. With all of the acquisitions and
mergers, soon we will have only two, or three corporations and the wines will
come from their properties all over the old, and new world, and branding will
be a thing of the past. It is happening too quickly for an old-timer, like
myself.

Only CA producer to use the "Shiraz" name has been Voss of Napa, but then his
wife is from OZ, so it is a tip-o-the-hat to her.

Thanks for the info,

Hunt

PS I would only expect a good, to great wine, from Andre Tchelistcheff, even
an early PN.