Very well said, value is a quality to price ratio. Both of which there is a top number. This is part and only a part, of the problem inflicting the wine world . When something becomes too expensive to for people to obtain, no matter how great it is. It will cease to exist. Let’s hope a better job of listing value is in the future. And as always: Enjoy the sunshine held together by water 🍷
I thought the same about the Brovia Villero 2010 when I opened one up earlier this year. Have 4 more and will sit at least 3-5 years on them before trying again. Cheers!
Tom, during the Martha's vineyard description you mentioned that "mint" got aged off. This is new to me. Every now and then when I encounter an exceptional wine, often times I get that "minty" taste/feel and I love it to death. '06 Latour and '14 Colgin IX estate. I can't afford to buy them but when I had the fortune to taste it, that "mint" was common denominator. So, is "mint" something that you only get during earlier days of the wine aging" past couple decades or so they are gone? One more... can two same wines have situation where one has "mint" and the other doesn't? A friend once told me that. He said it could be due to bottle variation. So I use that as an excuse to not buy Colgin or Latour because they may not give the same "mint"... not because I am poor lol
@@tomchung1004c Mint is not a by product of the winemaking process but by the influence of soil. I have never seen bottle variation play a role with the mint characteristic. When I first tasted the 1974 Heitz Martha’s Vineyard I thought the mintyness was to dominate ( I was reminded of toothpaste) but five years later the mint quality was assimilated into the wine and married with the other elements of the wine. The 1974 Martha’s is considered to be one of the greatest Cabernets ever produced in California. Just a footnote, there are a number of eucalyptus trees present on Martha’s Vineyard. Coincidence? I don’t know.
@@DjWicked0 They changed all the labels but they should have left Martha’s Vineyard alone. That wine helped establish the reputation for great California Cabernet. One should not try to alter greatness.
Very well said, value is a quality to price ratio. Both of which there is a top number. This is part and only a part, of the problem inflicting the wine world . When something becomes too expensive to for people to obtain, no matter how great it is. It will cease to exist. Let’s hope a better job of listing value is in the future.
And as always: Enjoy the sunshine held together by water 🍷
I thought the same about the Brovia Villero 2010 when I opened one up earlier this year. Have 4 more and will sit at least 3-5 years on them before trying again. Cheers!
So true words👍
Tom, during the Martha's vineyard description you mentioned that "mint" got aged off. This is new to me. Every now and then when I encounter an exceptional wine, often times I get that "minty" taste/feel and I love it to death. '06 Latour and '14 Colgin IX estate. I can't afford to buy them but when I had the fortune to taste it, that "mint" was common denominator. So, is "mint" something that you only get during earlier days of the wine aging" past couple decades or so they are gone? One more... can two same wines have situation where one has "mint" and the other doesn't? A friend once told me that. He said it could be due to bottle variation. So I use that as an excuse to not buy Colgin or Latour because they may not give the same "mint"... not because I am poor lol
@@tomchung1004c Mint is not a by product of the winemaking process but by the influence of soil. I have never seen bottle variation play a role with the mint characteristic. When I first tasted the 1974 Heitz Martha’s Vineyard I thought the mintyness was to dominate ( I was reminded of toothpaste) but five years later the mint quality was assimilated into the wine and married with the other elements of the wine. The 1974 Martha’s is considered to be one of the greatest Cabernets ever produced in California. Just a footnote, there are a number of eucalyptus trees present on Martha’s Vineyard. Coincidence? I don’t know.
$175 is cheap if one has a medium six figure salary and the juice is high quality.
Have you seen the new labeling for Martha's? Not a fan of what Demeine Estates is doing.
@@DjWicked0 They changed all the labels but they should have left Martha’s Vineyard alone. That wine helped establish the reputation for great California Cabernet. One should not try to alter greatness.
‘Best of lists’ are just marketing…probably paid