Au Bon Climat

Cleaning out my cellar prepatory to my trek - just found a bottle, way, way back - of Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Ynez Valley, 1991. (Shut up, yeah I know.) What ya think? Salad dressing?

[David M. Bueker]

Probably, but maybe not.

Cleaning out my cellar prepatory to my trek - just found a bottle, way, way back - of Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Ynez Valley, 1991. (Shut up, yeah I know.) What ya think? Salad dressing?

Only one way to find out....

email Jim Clendenen, and ask him!

You might be amazed, some of the older SBC Chardonnays I've had have been excellent. Just be sure to have a backup in case it's past its prime.

Only one way to find out....

That particular apparatus is out of fashion now, doncha know?

You might be amazed, some of the older SBC Chardonnays I've had have been excellent.

Who knew? I thought that they were only into telecomm and ballparks!

Pacbell Forever!
Mark Lipton

Carey, how good is your cellar storage? There is some possibility the wine is still acceptable. It is probably not going to be much better than drinkable, though a lot of ABC wines age very well.

Only one way to find out....

That particular apparatus is out of fashion now, doncha know?

Well, I wanted to make a quick, understandable point. I guess I could have used this:




But I don't think it would have the same impact.

Carey, how good is your cellar storage? There is some possibility the wine is still acceptable. It is probably not going to be much better than drinkable, though a lot of ABC wines age very well.

Well, it's a real cellar - under my house. Pretty much constant temperature all year round - never above 60, never below 50 and a fairly constant 60-75 percent humidity.