Does The Color of a Wine Have a Huge Impact on Quality or Age?

Does The Color of a Wine Have a Huge Impact on Quality or Age? – Episode #290

August 9, 2007

A fantastic website I often visit did an interesting article on the color of wine that has gotten a lot of attention on the web so I am here to address it!

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“Great episode. I love it when you say, “This smells like a 3-year-old…” by Phredd
“One heck of an educationa on colors….but brownish tint means the win…” by Adrian aka AnGkEr
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Domaine Barat Chablis FourneauxChablis
2004 Cascina Morassino Langhe NebbioloNebbiolo d’Alba
2005 Clayhouse Syrah Paso RoblesOther California Syrah/Shiraz
1981 Lopez De Heredia Bosconia Gran ReservaRioja
1996 Clarendon Hills SyrahAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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August 9, 2007

BiggRigg
QOTD: gotta go with blue, Patriots style. Gary hate to say it but Jets don’t stand a chance this year against the Patriot Dynasty.
August 9, 2007

Chef Cornell
Very interesting, thanks for the lesson.

QOTD: Blue
August 9, 2007

Jen
GREAT intro. So cute!
QOTD: Blue.
August 9, 2007

Randy
Gah, my comment plugging J-Piper’s videos got moderated. Go figure.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v941638×6AChESw

Go watch, it’s a SAGA, I’m telling you!
August 9, 2007

Karl Laczko
I hoped you’d give the ‘76 a taste, just so we’d get an idea….

QOTD – Blue, luckily I haven’t had a wine that colour (yet?).

OK, see you in a week, South Africa beckons….
August 9, 2007

AppellationMan
AOTD: Blue.

I’m still catching onto this top 10 thing; its hard to comment first and then watch the episode. Gary, very cool episode. I’m working on those Thundercats, my grandmother swears that they are in a box in her attic (i haven’t seen them in like 20 years).
August 9, 2007

Randy
Sorry Gary, I’ve been too busy watching J-Piper’s wine tasting SAGA, going on all day today:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v941338P5CfPrzX (Introductory Music Video)

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v941638×6AChESw (Tasting, Part 1)

Once there, you can link to parts 2 through whatever. GO WATCH!!
August 9, 2007

waibeans
nicely done geevee!

loved the comparison techniques, the edjumacation thing is definitley taking off.

keep it up!!!
August 9, 2007

GrapeStuff
QOTD: BLUE!
August 9, 2007

cgatesman
QOTD: Mine is green, too!
August 9, 2007

Kruszcontrol
My favorite color is green as well.

Fun fact: Green is the easiest color for humans to see because it is in the middle of the viable light spectrum. Big ups for the color green!
August 9, 2007

italianwinelover
Love the intro!! Excellent show on ages and colors! I thought the color edge determined the age of the wine??? Enjoy the learning! Keep up the great job!

QOTD: Purple: believe it or not has been since I was a wee little one!
August 9, 2007

Jeffrey
757?
August 9, 2007

Jimkay
cgatesman “Should you also be looking at the wine edge color? I always thought that more shows age than the overall color of the wine.”

Yeah! The deep purple of young wines changes to a brick red/garnet with age. The depth of color also fades as the pigments percipitate out of solution. All this does show up better at the edge of the wine (with proper lighting and a white background). The storage conditions would effect the rate at which those changes occur. I suppose some varieties would have more stable pigments than others and might keep their color better.

My 2 cents
August 9, 2007

Jay Curtis
Excellent show.

Though I never believe colour to be indicative of quality, I have definitely noticed differences in colour as a wine ages. In short, I would use colour as a means of guessing a wine’s age, but I also make sure to consider palate and nose. Nothing is foolproof, though.

Nice job, Gary.
August 9, 2007

Karl Laczko
That was the best into for ages , and I’ve not seen that many bottles on the table for a long time. Should be fun.
August 9, 2007

BiggRigg
Middle 43?????
August 9, 2007

cgatesman
Should you also be looking at the wine edge color? I always thought that more shows age than the overall color of the wine.
August 9, 2007

LPapi
Where is Kahuna???!!???
August 9, 2007

Jimkay
Bottom 10
August 9, 2007

Bwizzle
TOP 10???
August 9, 2007

Douche
Great episode!
August 9, 2007

Shad
top 10?
August 9, 2007

GrapeStuff
top 10
August 9, 2007

cgatesman
Gary! You look so young! What did you do??