Grange And Sassicaia 24 Hours Of Decanting Later

Grange And Sassicaia 24 Hours Of Decanting Later – Episode #507

July 23, 2008

Gary explores whether the wines from yesterday’s episode have changed after 24 hours of decanting!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 SassicaiaTOSCANA IGT
2003 Penfolds GrangeAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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July 23, 2008

Robin C
QOTD: A Schild Estate Barossa Shiraz – totally obnoxiously huge when first opened, the next day much improved
July 23, 2008

CindyW
QOTD: we had a priorat the other day that changed dramatically with some airtime. When I first opened the bottle, the wine had this funky nose of spoiled-raw-meat-sitting-in-the-sun-at-the-junkyard. I couldn’t even approach the wine until that blew off a few hours later. Then the wine became all about dark chocolate and black tea. The next day, we felt the wine had notes of both dark and milk chocolate, and the tea was replaced by some notes of sweet cigar. Very interesting.

BTW, I have one of the old-school black wristbands.
July 23, 2008

Xavier
Ill just pick my birthday (diff birthyear though) .. january 29th 1987 ..on a thursday

qotd: Cullen cabernet merlot
July 23, 2008

Susan
Gary-PLEASE, Please, please do NOT change your ‘Hello everybody, This is Gary Vay-ner-chuk’ thing!!! You REALLY should not mess with such a GREAT intro!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
July 23, 2008

Smahlatz
Oh yeah – I had AJ’s birthday also – 28th Jan 1987, same as me slightly different year though . But there was no comment link – boo.
July 23, 2008

Smahlatz
QOTD : Chateau Les Farcies Du Pech (2003) from Pecharmant in Bergerac.
(Cab sav 40%, Cab Franc 30%, Merlot 30%)
At first it smelled really gamey, and a bit sickly, which was ok. On the palate though, it was dominated by oak – and charred oak at that – old world oak monster rather than new world oak monster. It did give it an amazing frankincense type component which was new to me. Overall it was really well balanced, though was lacking in the fruit department.
On day two (I usually drink wine over 3-5 days), the stinky funk and oak had really integrated, and the fruit had emerged, making it an utter pleasure (though I do think I missed the peak, probably around 12 hours after opening).
July 23, 2008

Geoffrey Hill
January 28, 1987.
July 23, 2008

William Claxton
i feel stupid now.
July 23, 2008

pawncop
What a great experiment!

QOTD – A 2003 Terra Noble Camenere Reserva from Chile that absolutely blossomed the next day!
July 23, 2008

William Claxton
Gary was born on 14 November 1975.
July 23, 2008

John Farrin
QOTD: 2005 Hewitson Private Cellars Shiraz tasting notes:
Had a 2005 Hewiston “Private Cellar” Shiraz Mourvedre (75-25%) over two days and I think that it might be something special. The first day I was torn. I thought that it had a good bouquet but was somewhat disappointed with it’s taste considering all the hype it had (James Hallidayâ€™s Australian Wine Companion 2008 Edition equal top wine with the 2002 Penfoldâ€™s Grange that sells for $500). I had let it breathe an hour before drinking and it was probably open another two hours while I was drinking 2/3 of it. I rescrewed the cap and left it for the next day. When I came back to it, it had lost some of itâ€™s bouquet but the flavors of extracted fruit were pretty incredible. I am beginning to understand what balance is and this bottle certainly had it. Nothing was overpowering and a good word to describe this wine would probably be unctious. If you wanted to drink this wine in the near future rather than wait the suggested amount of time (2010) I think that I would either decant the wine a couple of hours before I wanted to drink it or at least let it breathe in the bottle for 4-5 hours. I think it will be worth the 3-5 year wait.
July 23, 2008

Mark E.
The biggest change in wine I have witnessed after decanting is definitely the 2006 Hilltop Winery KirÃ¡lyeÃ¡nyka Craftsman. It was a $9 buy @ K&L in San Francisco and after being in the open bottle for a while, it turned into a $25 value with much greater complexity and more interesting fruits. Read my full cork’d review of it here:
http://corkd.com/wine/view/56569-2006_Hilltop_Winery_Kir_lye_nyka_Craftsman
July 23, 2008

Christophe
Good call on the Wednesday part Glen. My birthday is Jan 25th
July 23, 2008

Danny C
Loved the show…do it again!

QOTD: can’t remember but I have a zin by Seghesio opened now and will tell ya what I think tomorrow!
July 23, 2008

Christophe
Many Petite Sirahs and Petite Sirah blends evolve nicely over the 24hr period.

Guess AJ’s B’day is out of the bag 1/28/1987

Diggin’ the live streaming. Can’t wait for my 4th gen!
July 23, 2008

DaveyDonut
Dang it, I totally had the birthday question before the comments link was even there… With this live ustream thing, those people have a decided advantage against the rest of us, cause they’re just sitting there waiting for the show to appear… so that’s kind of like cheating!

QOTD: On the plus side, it was the 2004 Clos Marie Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St. Loup Simon that you recommended during the 12 days of Christmas. It was barely an 88 point wine that tasted like aluminum foil on day one when I had just one glass, but three days later (crap, you said just one day?) when I went back to it, it was a 92 point wine, full of Christmas spices and tasted like thanksgiving dinner. Damn it was good…

David
July 23, 2008

Taylor
I’m gonna guess, just in case it’s a semi-trick question…January 27th, 1987
July 23, 2008

purplejuicebruce
What is left over wine?
July 23, 2008

Mark Tolerico
Not sure of the biggest change, but I’ve had several Bordeaux’s change drastically over 24 hours. Some wines I’ve opened I’ve brought to blind tastings and couldn’t recognize them anymore…
July 23, 2008

Chris Leone
January 28th, 1987
July 23, 2008

Susan
Gary- AJ Vaynerchuk was born January 25th, 1987.
July 23, 2008

Glen... WineCrazy.com
AJ was born on a Wednesday….because you did ask what day he was born.
July 23, 2008

Omallley
Maraschino Cherries is what you were looking for
July 23, 2008

Glen... WineCrazy.com
QOTD: 2001 Bond
July 23, 2008

John Farrin
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