"cybercat" > wrote in message ...
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| "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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| > Nathalie Chiva wrote:
| >>
| >> 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.
| >
| >
| > Most white wines, especially Chardonnay, are not made to be aged. The
| > cheaper Chardonnay wines are meant to be drunk young and there is no
| > benefit to ageing. Some of the mid range Chardonnay can be aged 3-5 years,
| > and the most expensive can be aged 4-8 years. Anyone spending the money on
| > a superb Chardonnay worthy of ageing for a long time would likely be
| > planning on drinking it in it's prime and not finding it in the back of a
| > cupboard.
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| Precisely. Which is why I said "almost all."

And then there is Stony Hill Vineyard, to me the best California Chardonnay
made. These are tasting notes from a dinner they held in 2000, tasting
Stony Hill wines going back to the 1956 Chard and forward. Have you ever
come across any of their wines?
http://www.stonyhillvineyard.com/pag...000_lunch.html

pavane