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

manonthemoon
Great show, still on that roll. Awesome call out on the stinkor, classic 80’s childhood moment.

QOTD: The biggest change from one day to later was 2005 Bodegas Arrocal Ribera del Duero, severly disappointed in it the first day and then went back 2 days later and it was rocking.
July 23, 2008

hermitaged
QOTD – I don’t know if anybody knows this wine or even if it is still made, but I had the Thunder Mountain “Star Ruby” Meritage 2001 from the Livermore area (crazy, I know) and it took a day to really come together. Strange wines.
July 23, 2008

BobbyTiger
1…………..July 23, 1987. 2………………There is absolutely, positively, NO WAY I’m going to split with $200 bucks for a bottle of vino. What’s that? $10.00 a sip? I can buy a relatively good bottle of Melbec for that. QOTD. House rules. If it’s opened……….you drink it all.
July 23, 2008

KenP
Charming show. (I have the old wrist band, or should I say, the Gen.1 wristband!)
July 23, 2008

Rowland
“Heeeeeeeeeeey you guuuuys!”

violets or lavender, lavender or violets? Gary you need to come to my garden, and get it straight. i got it all, 2 varieties of black raspberries, 3 of red raspberries, cherries, pears, plums, mulberries, aaaaand violets and lavender among other things. Heck you need to start your own garden, maybe even a wine library garden! yeaaaa a wine library pallet training garden, you could pretty much grow everything you talk about except big league chew! DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!

yo i hope Mott really is ballin, other wise your subtly bashing him every episode.

man i wish i still had my old toys, maaaad He Man, Thunder Cats, Ninja Turtles … sigh, i did find an old scratch and sniff book at a yard sale, only one sticker smelled though.

the wine may have improved after 24hrs of decanting, but those lables are still lame. and Yo for real? i thinks thats way too much $cratch to be paying for a bottle of wine from a country founded by British penal colonists! I dont care if they shipped in french soil and water, got the best clones and kidnapped the best french growers and winemakers, ITS STILL AUSTRALIA (mate). $60 should be their limit. Period (.)
July 23, 2008

SteveW
I think people can stop with AJ’s Birthday, we got it already!
Good idea to try these big and young wines the next day.
July 23, 2008

JamesUK
Interesting show Gary, nice one.

Wine doesn’t often last a day in our house, but I have to say I like the way young Ripassos soften up after a day’s opening. You tend not to lose the bright cherry, but it will feel more rounded.
July 23, 2008

gracem
QOTD: I have to say that if there was a wine that I didn’t like, I have not displayed the patience to let it sit for 24 hrs and try it again. However, I do currently have a bottle of wine that I had tried and HATED it, but will decant it for 24hrs to see if it smooths its extremely razor sharp edges.
July 23, 2008

Kevin K
QOTD: One of the Pinots from a secret pack. It was good on day one, perfect on day two.
July 23, 2008

E
‘01 Baron de Ley Rioja … like a whole new wine, and a much better one too.
July 23, 2008

Tyler Walker
Sticking with the first question…..gargiulo vineyards sangiovese was killer the next day after opening
July 23, 2008

David Dadekian
QOTD: I’m generally too quick to vacuum seal wines, which I keep meaning not to do sometime to some of the better ones I open and decant. Except I got a the V1 vacuum decanter now. I’ve got to try it though.
July 23, 2008

Mark Fitzpatrick
Skunkor! What a pull.

And yes one of the features of the Skunkor action figure toy was it smelled kind of like a nasty, rancid skunk.

Mark
July 23, 2008

pauly
yes, definitely change the intro. The intro is beginning to grow old. That said, these wines look amazing. I’d love to try some. You should start giving away the “leftovers” to the people who leave comments!!! take note, good idea.
July 23, 2008

CC_HTown
January 28, 1987!!! AJ B-day!
July 23, 2008

Bryan Garcia
AJV was born: january 28 1987. he is 21. (that wasnt in there but what the heck)
July 23, 2008

JUiCE
It’s Stinkor!! (not Skunkor….lol)

http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/html/collector_guides/motu_class/toy_pages/stinkor.shtml
July 23, 2008

DougO
Dude, you can’t change your into..it’s your trademark. It would be like Ric Flair changing his hair color to black…it just wouldn’t be right.
July 23, 2008

Ben N.
QOTD: January 28 1987 is A J Vaynerchuks Bday!
July 23, 2008

Hido53
Gary -

Great show today! Liked the re-taste after the 20-something hours.
QOTD: Can’t remember the year, but I believe it was a young Ridge Lytton Springs Zin. Tannic oak monster was in my face when we first opened it, but after a night of airing (too much oak to start with, so there was little pleasure in drinking it the first night) the fruit opened up, tannins were manageable and oak monster moved into the background.
BTW, The Thunder show must start with the energy that you bring with the intro! Don’t change it please!
July 23, 2008

Deano
Gary great episode…You know I got the original wristband….actually i have 3 of them I also just got my 4th gen sniffy sniff in the mail YEAH!!!

QOTD:
-I cant remember what it was but i think it was a red bicycletta merlot. It was a lot better after sitting out over night.
July 23, 2008

Adam
QOTD: Definitely the 2001 Cooper-Garrod Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains I had recently. Was at best a 77 on the first night and legitimately tasted like liquid oak, it was almost undrinkable. Left in decanter overnight, and the next night the oak had dissipated almost completely and it was easily a 91+ delicious, smooth cabernet. Tasted like a completely different wine.
July 23, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
Fun experiment!

Q-Not sure, it’s not often that a bottle makes it to the next day in our house.
July 23, 2008

Dr T from N. Carolina
I wonder, if there was some left in those corked bottles, if they would have been between yesterday and today in development or different. . . .
July 23, 2008

Mat Hike
I know this is unrelated, but I was wondering if you can taste the 23 flavors in Dr. Pepper (I know I can’t).