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...I've mentioned that I like to let my zinfandels sit in my cellar for up to 5 years for bottle ageing.Here's an example:
I bought about a half case of 2006 Quivara zin at Costco for around $15 a bottle if I recall, back in 2008 when it was released. It was pretty good for the money, an everyday drinker, but nothing special.
My father in law was the CFO for a division of the drug company, Smith-Kline-French, now Beecham, back in Philadelphia where my wife grew up. He worked for the CEO Henry Wendt. When Henry retired in the 1980s he moved to California and bought the Quivara winery, in Sonoma on Dry Creek Road across the street from Rafanelli, one of my favorites.
About every 6 mnths or so, I pull a bottle out and drink it.
The one I had a month or so ago was better than the others, showing me it was coming into it's own, suprisingly.
Then last night I opened another one. It was spectacular, well balanced with a lot of nice fruit at the center, just the way I like them. Even my wife liked it.
Just goes to show what a few years of bottle age can do.
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