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grtrx · 02-22-2017, 09:08 AM

I was lucky enough to taste the 1986 Ygay last night at a sommelier competition.

It is the finest white wine I have ever drunk.

21 years on oak
6+ years in cement tanks
2-3 years in bottle

very high acidity, feels and tastes young (which is pretty amazing). It auses salivation (this wine needs food, really, I wish I could have had something like foie with is). Very dense dried apple, soft floral notes, dried pineapple, a soft soft lemon streak. Waxy/creamy. Exceptionally long on the palate.

I won't be having it again until I either hit the lottery or retire. But what a wine.

jazznut · 02-22-2017, 10:29 AM

Sounds absolutely remarkable!

grtrx · 02-22-2017, 10:42 AM

it was. it really was.

beevod · 02-22-2017, 02:55 PM

Sounds wonderful. I'm told it's THE wine most requested at rehabs.

grtrx · 02-23-2017, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beevod

Sounds wonderful. I'm told it's THE wine most requested at rehabs.

I would have figured it was two buck chuck, shows how little I know

jazznut · 02-23-2017, 08:55 AM

Doesn't necessarily mean they'll serve it.

grtrx · 02-23-2017, 09:03 AM

in the for profit healthcare world it might be one hell of a business model to have a sobriety toast prior to discharge

02-22-2017, 09:08 AM	#1
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	Marques de Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserve Especial I was lucky enough to taste the 1986 Ygay last night at a sommelier competition. It is the finest white wine I have ever drunk. 21 years on oak 6+ years in cement tanks 2-3 years in bottle very high acidity, feels and tastes young (which is pretty amazing). It auses salivation (this wine needs food, really, I wish I could have had something like foie with is). Very dense dried apple, soft floral notes, dried pineapple, a soft soft lemon streak. Waxy/creamy. Exceptionally long on the palate. I won't be having it again until I either hit the lottery or retire. But what a wine. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

02-22-2017, 10:29 AM	#2
jazznut Managing Editor Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 26,082	Sounds absolutely remarkable! __________________ My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time!

02-22-2017, 10:42 AM	#3
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	it was. it really was. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

02-22-2017, 02:55 PM	#4
beevod Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 20,927	Sounds wonderful. I'm told it's THE wine most requested at rehabs. __________________ "Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else."

02-23-2017, 08:55 AM	#6
jazznut Managing Editor Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 26,082	Doesn't necessarily mean they'll serve it. __________________ My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time!

02-23-2017, 09:03 AM	#7
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	in the for profit healthcare world it might be one hell of a business model to have a sobriety toast prior to discharge __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

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