So the oxidization of later vintages got me a little real and with left
over chicken curry I pulled out this one. Cork moldy and fragile but it
came out whole and in good shape where it counts. The wine was not as
fruity as I remembered last time (about 5-6 years) when it probably was
peaking. This is a fairly off dry (tendre) version of Vouvray but even
tonight rich and full in the mouth. The finish was a little odd/short
but all in all still in better shape that I had feared. One more bottle
of this so I better get to it quickly though I think the other bottle is
in better shape, that is why I took this one.
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Joseph Coulter

Dragon is a Rhone IIRC this was Viking sorry for the mixup
On 5/18/2013 9:49 PM, Joseph Coulter wrote:
> So the oxidization of later vintages got me a little real and with left
> over chicken curry I pulled out this one. Cork moldy and fragile but it
> came out whole and in good shape where it counts. The wine was not as
> fruity as I remembered last time (about 5-6 years) when it probably was
> peaking. This is a fairly off dry (tendre) version of Vouvray but even
> tonight rich and full in the mouth. The finish was a little odd/short
> but all in all still in better shape that I had feared. One more bottle
> of this so I better get to it quickly though I think the other bottle is
> in better shape, that is why I took this one.


--
Joseph Coulter

On 5/18/2013 10:08 PM, Joseph Coulter wrote:
> Dragon is a Rhone IIRC this was Viking sorry for the mixup
> On 5/18/2013 9:49 PM, Joseph Coulter wrote:
>> So the oxidization of later vintages got me a little real and with left
>> over chicken curry I pulled out this one. Cork moldy and fragile but it
>> came out whole and in good shape where it counts. The wine was not as
>> fruity as I remembered last time (about 5-6 years) when it probably was
>> peaking. This is a fairly off dry (tendre) version of Vouvray but even
>> tonight rich and full in the mouth. The finish was a little odd/short
>> but all in all still in better shape that I had feared. One more bottle
>> of this so I better get to it quickly though I think the other bottle is
>> in better shape, that is why I took this one.
>
>
OK Dragon is actually a cotes du provence wine, still good and still not
what I opened last night


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Joseph Coulter