Had to do a post in honor of Wayne Young of old white wine, and which I drank a fair share of last week. I put up these two bottles to mention briefly...
1995 Champagne Dom Perignon (Magnum)
This was a cool bottle of bubbly here. I never thought to open champagne for the sake of breathing before serving. You always pop the cork when you are ready to drink. In this case we opened this vintage Champagne (which is roughly around 50/50 chardonnay/pinot noir) and I tasted it right before serving to the guests. I wasn't expecting heaps from this wine, thinking it might be slightly past it's peak. It had a very edgy, agressive oxidative character that bit at your toungue a bit. We served it and that was that. After service, maybe 3 hours later we opened it back up to share a drink before the nights end. I wasn't even going to taste it as I had my eyes wrapped around a leftover Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco. Someone said how great it tasted so I gave it another shot. The wine changed completely! Still fresh acidity and bubbles but that agressive oxidation was completely gone! and it smoothed out into a long finish. Wow what an unexpected personality on this wine...
2003 Domaine Ponsot, Morey Saint Denis Clos des Monts, ''Vieilles Vignes'' (Magnum)
From the Morey Saint Denis Appelation in the Cote De Nuits - Domaine Ponsot produces red and white wines from Pinot Noir and Aligoté. White wine only makes up 4% of the wine produced here. This is the only premier cru burgundy made up of 100% Aligote. This old white wine was killer though and had a perfect amount of cellar time on it. The fruit still fresh, expressive and complex with a long finish.
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