On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:58:39 -0500, "cybercat" >
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>"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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>> ...in the back of the closet. Rosemount Estate 1998. I thought all I had
>> back there was a few assorted bottles of red.
>>
>> It should be drinkable, but will have no character left at all. (I wonder
>> if it would be better chilled or not at this point.) Might just be good
>> for cooking...
>
>It should be vinegar. Almost all white wines should be less than 3 years
>old.


Arrrrhhhhhh...
This statement shows you do not know the *good* white wines. Higher
end white Burgundy wines are very good after 10 to 15 years. Savagnin
from the Jura can last for decades, and its nobler cousin Vin Jaune
for hundreds of years, literally. Good Sauternes is worth waiting for
- I drank some Chateau Yquem 1967 in 1997 which was to die for. And so
on and so forth.

Nathalie in Switzerland