Any opinions on these dessert wines?

I bought a few dessert wines recently for 1/2 price and have no idea when to open them but assume they are ready to go.

All in 1/2 bottles

1999 Ravenswood LH Gewurztraminer-----------------12.4 %abv with r.s. of 79 g/l---T.A. of O.68---pH of 3.0
2003 Artesa LH Gewurztraminer------------------------11.9 %-abv with r.s. of 98 g/l
2002 Conn Valley Vineyard LH Chardonnay-------------11.6 %abv with r.s. of 224.9 g/l (dark amber in color)
2003 Dry Creek Soleil LH Sauvignon Blanc-------------13.0 % abv with r.s. of 90 g/l

I bought a few dessert wines recently for 1/2 price and have no idea when to open them but assume they are ready to go.

All in 1/2 bottles

1999 Ravenswood LH Gewurztraminer-----------------12.4 %abv with r.s. of 79 g/l---T.A. of O.68---pH of 3.0
2003 Artesa LH Gewurztraminer------------------------11.9 %-abv with r.s. of 98 g/l
2002 Conn Valley Vineyard LH Chardonnay-------------11.6 %abv with r.s. of 224.9 g/l (dark amber in color)
2003 Dry Creek Soleil LH Sauvignon Blanc-------------13.0 % abv with r.s. of 90 g/l

Jim, none of them are lighting my fire. If price is known, it could, but not likely to make a difference for me.

[David M. Bueker]

I would presume that they are all ready to drink. I last had the Ravenswood in the early '90s & while nice it was nothing to write home about. I have never had the rest.

I would presume that they are all ready to drink. I last had the Ravenswood in the early '90s & while nice it was nothing to write home about. I have never had the rest.

Neat trick, that.

I bought a few dessert wines recently for 1/2 price and have no idea when to open them but assume they are ready to go.

All in 1/2 bottles

1999 Ravenswood LH Gewurztraminer-----------------12.4 %abv with r.s. of 79 g/l---T.A. of O.68---pH of 3.0
2003 Artesa LH Gewurztraminer------------------------11.9 %-abv with r.s. of 98 g/l
2002 Conn Valley Vineyard LH Chardonnay-------------11.6 %abv with r.s. of 224.9 g/l (dark amber in color)
2003 Dry Creek Soleil LH Sauvignon Blanc-------------13.0 % abv with r.s. of 90 g/l

Really sweet wines such as icewines start at r.s. of 100g/L but most are well north of that with a good level of acidity (between 180 g/L to north of 300 g/L) and these icewines can have a lifespan in the 10-25 year range or longer. Your wines are lower sugar levels than that and are really at the 10 year mark, especially with unknown storage conditions, so I would agree, consume.

I would presume that they are all ready to drink. I last had the Ravenswood in the early '90s & while nice it was nothing to write home about. I have never had the rest.

Neat trick, that.

Well, Hoke...I always viewed David as a man before his time!!!
Tom

I bought a few dessert wines recently for 1/2 price and have no idea when to open them but assume they are ready to go.
All in 1/2 bottles
1999 Ravenswood LH Gewurztraminer-----------------12.4 %abv with r.s. of 79 g/l---T.A. of O.68---pH of 3.0
2003 Artesa LH Gewurztraminer------------------------11.9 %-abv with r.s. of 98 g/l
2002 Conn Valley Vineyard LH Chardonnay-------------11.6 %abv with r.s. of 224.9 g/l (dark amber in color)
2003 Dry Creek Soleil LH Sauvignon Blanc-------------13.0 % abv with r.s. of 90 g/l

Well, Jim.....I ain't no ant...but I'll chime in anyway.

Not had the Artesa or the ConnVlly....but that won't stop me from offering up an opinion!!

I really liked both the Ravenswood and the DryCreek. The Ravenswood is more like a German BA than anything. The DCV is more like
an Italian passito...not much botrytis that I could pick up.
Don't be fooled by the ConnVlly color. Most Calif dessert wines tend to brown a bit early, oftentimes they'll look like an old PX than anything.
But I've found they're still delicious.
I would think all of these will still be good drinking 10 yrs down the road...even if pretty dark colored.

Tom

[David M. Bueker]

Well, not that vintage.

The only wine I've had from Artesa is the Cabernet Sauvignon but I found it to be a very nice QPR so will be interested to hear your opinion on the Artesa Gewurztraminer.