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EP 290 Does The Color of a Wine Have a Huge Impact on Quality or Age?

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!

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

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  • D-Spad

    Top 10? What-WHAT?!! Hoo-Ahh!

  • CJM

    First

  • D-Spad

    Top 10? What-WHAT?!! Hoo-Ahh!

  • GottaGoDrink

    Gary- Looks like a very interesting, educational and I’m sure fun show! Now, back to watch. Cheers!

  • Lurker!

  • GottaGoDrink

    Gary- Looks like a very interesting, educational and I’m sure fun show! Now, back to watch. Cheers!

  • Lurker!

  • Piotr

    Third

  • Gary,
    Keep the positive attitude and wine education coming!
    Kathleen

  • Piotr

    Third

  • Gary,
    Keep the positive attitude and wine education coming!
    Kathleen

  • italianwinelover

    ohhhh #5 is alive!!!

  • cgatesman

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

  • italianwinelover

    ohhhh #5 is alive!!!

  • cgatesman

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

  • GrapeStuff

    top 10

  • GrapeStuff

    top 10

  • Shad

    top 10?

  • Douche

    Great episode!

  • Shad

    top 10?

  • Douche

    Great episode!

  • Bwizzle

    TOP 10???

  • Bwizzle

    TOP 10???

  • Jimkay

    Bottom 10

  • Jimkay

    Bottom 10

  • LPapi

    Where is Kahuna???!!???

  • LPapi

    Where is Kahuna???!!???

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • BiggRigg

    Middle 43?????

  • BiggRigg

    Middle 43?????

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Jeffrey

    757?

  • Jeffrey

    757?

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • cgatesman

    QOTD: Mine is green, too!

  • GrapeStuff

    QOTD: BLUE!

  • 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!

  • cgatesman

    QOTD: Mine is green, too!

  • GrapeStuff

    QOTD: BLUE!

  • waibeans

    nicely done geevee!

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

    keep it up!!!

  • waibeans

    nicely done geevee!

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

    keep it up!!!

  • 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/v941638x6AChESw (Tasting, Part 1)

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

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