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Category: Personal

Vintage California Wines

Posted on 13 February 2019 by Michael Plouffe

This is an assortment of tasting notes from grad school covering Californian reds, mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and related blends (I seem to have misplaced a note on a mid-1980s Stony Hill Chardonnay). Compared to vintage Bordeaux, these were remarkably consistent in quality – this could have been down to shipping issues magnifying bottle variation –…

Tasting through aged classified growths

Posted on 20 January 2019 by Michael Plouffe

One of my adventures while in grad school involved seeking out bottles from Bordeaux’s best producers with significant age. While I tended to avoid the legendary vintages of 1961, 1982, and 1990, I focused on the better of the more ‘traditional’ vintages. This meant that while the vintage conditions were often imperfect, these were to…

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