Thread: TN: 2 very unusual older wines

On Friday, July 6, 2012 5:28:43 PM UTC-4, cwdjrxyz wrote:
> I have been tasting some unusual older wines for which I kept a bottle
> or two of each to see how they would hold up with age. If served
> blind, I doubt if many could even come close to guessing what they
> are.
>
> Condrieu Viognier 1989, E. Guigal: Like most modern Viogniers, this
> wine faded much after about 3 years and was not very interesting.
> However with very long aging it did not decline more, but developed in
> a very interesting way. It now is more like an old traditional
> Northern Rhone white such as produced in Hermatage or Cote
> Rotie(unfortunately some Northern Rhone whites do not age so long and
> well these days).
>
> Nuits Saint Georges La Perriere 1983, Domaine Henry Gouges: This is a
> white wine that comes from a mutation of Pinot Noir in Gouges
> vineyard, not a Chardonnay. It might taste closest to a still Blanc de
> Noir Champagne without aging on the lees, but I can not be sure,
> because I have never seen such a wine for sale. The wine has held up
> very well with age. There were tartrate crystals on the cork. The fill
> was very high, there was no oxidation, and there was clean acid. The
> color was fairly light yellow, and the wine was very clear.

The "Pinot Gouges" mutation is always interesting, though I've never had one with that much age. Thanks for notes!