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Default Red wine: the older the better, and white?

On May 19, 2:37 am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> "joe beppe" > skrev i meddelandetnews:1179520023.984967.188990@h2g2000hs g.googlegroups.com...
> <snippety>
>
> > For vin blanc its 5% tops:

>
> ! >>>> Viognier
> Do you really mean that? If there were any white varietal of a certain class
> I would believe to be of low cellarability, it would be Condrieu - to my
> mind, (dry) Condrieu is, like, drink within 3 years (possibly 5, tops), then
> it has died ... admittedly, it is an iffy varietal, and Condrieu can be
> sssooo diasappointing ...
>
> Cheers
>
> Nils
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I've had a few Ch. Grillet that had aging potential,also some of the
Left Coast Viogniers can age--maybe not as long as a chard. Volpe
Pisini makes a pinot grigio
that can age. Forgot about Vendage Tardive Gewurz from Alsace