tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post8504659969772606581..comments2024-03-28T07:27:16.088+01:00Comments on The Wine Gourd: Modern wine vintage charts: pro or con?David Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578729952036086391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post-77859216883186836482016-11-08T23:47:47.835+01:002016-11-08T23:47:47.835+01:00I find that vintage charts are also useful when lo...I find that vintage charts are also useful when looking for bottles of older wine. That is, the charts are often based on the expected longevity of the wines, so that older vintages of the "better" years are more likely to still have bottles in good condition (eg. 1958 or 1990 in Europe).David Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578729952036086391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post-74012815100440426612016-11-08T19:24:44.679+01:002016-11-08T19:24:44.679+01:00I rarely look at vintage charts, but occasionally ...I rarely look at vintage charts, but occasionally I do find them useful. What I am generally looking for are vintages that were extremely poor in the particular geographic area rated. Although I know there are variations within even small areas (witness this year's Loire Valley, where a frost or a hailstorm would hit one village but not the next one over), but some years I find are almost universally bad, and I avoid any wines from the area unless I taste them first. For example, southern France was pretty much universally horrible in 2002 due to heavy rain; I don't think I ever found a decent one. But what I don't pay attention to is the difference between, say, a vintage rated 90 and one rated 88.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.com