Inherited some bottles of wine

Inherited some bottles of wine

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Anna_S

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1,473 posts

211 months

Wednesday 4th November 2009
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Any of these names mean anything to anyone.. wine novice over here - don't want to open a particularly nice of by mistake:

Cuvee Speciale Roc
Beaujolais 1998
also says 'Rugby Olimpique Charleville' on the bottle

Le Mans
Edouard Vigneron
Bordeaux 1989

Cuvee Speciale du 50eme Anniversaire
Chataux Les Marcottes
1991
Premieres Cotes De Bordeaux

Les Jamelles
Unoaked Chardonnay
no date?

dhf

1,103 posts

193 months

Wednesday 4th November 2009
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sadly nothing of note there,drink sooner rather than later,the beaujolais is probably vinegar by now

Edited by dhf on Wednesday 4th November 21:47

Anna_S

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211 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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doh, will risk one over the weekend - have been layed down and have an awful lot of sediment in so might get the decanter out and have a go!
thanks smile

BoRED S2upid

19,644 posts

239 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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Drink them all this weekend. Save the vinegar one for last you wont notice by then.

escargot

17,110 posts

216 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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What they said. Beaujolais will be knackered.

Cactussed

5,292 posts

212 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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Varying opinions on decanting. Its meant to aerate the wine to improve flavour and aroma, but usually only useful in young wines.

Conversely, old wines may be damaged by overexposure to air, so decanting can actually detract.

Just my 2c smile

Anna_S

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Thursday 5th November 2009
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Cactussed said:
Varying opinions on decanting. Its meant to aerate the wine to improve flavour and aroma, but usually only useful in young wines.

Conversely, old wines may be damaged by overexposure to air, so decanting can actually detract.

Just my 2c smile
Not that any of them are sounding promising to drink... but I don't particularly want a mouth full of sediment.
Perhaps stand them up for a bit and pour carefully?

Cactussed

5,292 posts

212 months

Thursday 5th November 2009
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Anna_S said:
Not that any of them are sounding promising to drink... but I don't particularly want a mouth full of sediment.
Perhaps stand them up for a bit and pour carefully?
Well, you'd have to do that to decant them anyway, so might as well just tip it straight into your mouth. Glass, I mean... wink