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By 12998802Bsavvy
Latest Reply 4 hours ago

Welcome to the Snotth Forum 2B.  I see that you started another conversating on the Meritage and it looks like GregT, who is easily one of the most informed contributors here, has responded to your query.

What else do you like or dislike?

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By 847804EMark
Jun 17 2013

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Have a boxed set - "Artist Series" of 4 bottles of 1994 Meritage.  Wondering if I should open any of the four botles or keep saving.  Also, need to give insurance folks a ballpark value.  Does anybody know about this?

Will appreciate any help/info.

Thanks.

1299880
By 12998802Bsavvy
Latest Reply 4 hours ago

I have a box and a half of the 1995. It's good right now, I'm not sure you gain anything by keeping it longer. Right now the tannins are soft, it still has some fruit as well as some secondary notes, but I don't think it's going to turn into something more than it already is and I'd suspect it's more likely to fade. I'd drink them now - there's no real point in waiting. It was never a big structured wine that demanded many years. Prices go anywhere from say $30 to $50 a bottle. Not worth $50 tho and I'm not sure you'd get it as a private seller.

It's a nice wine and better than any number of comparably priced Bordeaux at the time, but it's not really in the classified growth category. So what? It's enjoyable and you didn't mortgage your home.

All that assumes that it hasn't been cooked or something over the years.

Cheers.

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By 89564gregt
Jun 17 2013

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Jun 17 2013
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By 89065Gregory Dal Piaz
We all know that wine should be served at the correct temperature, but sometimes that can be a challenge. Consider summer for example. There you are enjoying your favorite wine, and POW! Mother nature pulls a fast one on you and gets it all warm, diffuse, and unbalanced. What's a wine lover to do? The easy way out is to drop an ice cube in your wine, which in and of itself isn't exactly the end of the world, but sometimes you just don't want to dilute all the flavor and intensity your favorite winemakers have worked so hard to capture. In that case some ingenuity is needed, and we've read more...
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  • 173303BenLCW How about frozen seedless grapes? Eat them when you finish the wine.


  • 951226Mark Suss I have the whiskey stones and they didn't work great getting my whites to the temperature I like but I found "wine drops" and they worked great.


  • 1299262Jeanne A We just tried frozen grapes...the grapes do thaw, but kept the wine cool a bit longer.


  • 1299908bkaron There are dozens of clear and colored plastic or composite ice cubes available on the market. Other then the silly colors 9and hey are still silly colors in my ice tea or iced coffee) they work well. The colors allow them to be rechilled in my cube bin in the fridge and allow me to find them to add to my glass or thermos.


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