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RE: vintage champagne

Posted by jimbill on December 15, 2008 at 21:38:02:
Ever had one this old? Do you prefer an older, quality champagne to a current, quality one?

I've had some older wines, especially French, back when I was really getting into wines and enjoyed them. Over the last 10-20 years with the industry pushing "drink now" wines I'm afraid my taste buds have become less tolerant of aged wines. I find myself looking for the fruit.

Wines used to be made so that the fruit didn't come through until the tannins were mellowed. Complexity of flavors then occurred. But even then the fruit wasn't as large as the new wines today.

I feel like the wine drinking public has been manipulated to look for the large fruit, in your face, limited dimension wines we get. Probably makes for a quick turn over for the producers.

Just ranting....