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Old Chardonnay?
Posted by jen
Old Chardonnay? July 12, 2014 01:42AM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 817 |
Amongst the things found contained deep within a kitchen 'junk' drawer, the one where anything and everything is scooped up and thrown into, when unexpected in-laws or worse show up at your drive... A 1998 bottle of Hawkes Bay Chardonnay, still in it's Huka Lodge gift box.
Would like to know if it would still be drinkable please? I've tried to Google ' 1998 HB Chardonnay' but not much info comes to light.
TIA
jen.
Would like to know if it would still be drinkable please? I've tried to Google ' 1998 HB Chardonnay' but not much info comes to light.
TIA
jen.
Re: Old Chardonnay? July 14, 2014 11:53PM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 18 |
Re: Old Chardonnay? August 01, 2014 09:12PM |
Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 2,621 |
jen, by now you have probably found out for yourself whether the Chardonnay is/was drinkable. The nose test; sniff the cork first, if it smells musty then I wouldn't drink the wine. The chances are that a 1998 wine would have a cork and not a stelven cap.
I would go as far as to say if it was presented in a Huka Lodge gift box then it would probably be, or has been, good quality wine.
One night at a wine club a member turned up with a 25 year old bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. He'd found it under his house where it had been covered in soil and whatever else is under houses. We tasted it and although it was a little flabby it was otherwise drinkable. Probably because of the condition under which it lay protected over the years.
I would go as far as to say if it was presented in a Huka Lodge gift box then it would probably be, or has been, good quality wine.
One night at a wine club a member turned up with a 25 year old bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. He'd found it under his house where it had been covered in soil and whatever else is under houses. We tasted it and although it was a little flabby it was otherwise drinkable. Probably because of the condition under which it lay protected over the years.
Re: Old Chardonnay? November 04, 2014 10:07PM |
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