1996 Vintage Wines from Around the Globe - A Study of 30 Year-Old Wines

"Spent my days with a woman unkind,

Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.

Made up my mind to make a new start,

Going to california with an aching in my heart."

 

Going to California by Led Zeppelin

 

Music is just like wine. Each of us has very different tastes in what we like and dislike.  The music that is “best” for one person can easily be “worst” for another people.  So, it’s always fun to see when wine is mentioned in song.

 

The 1996 vintage wines are now 30 years of age and just like people this is when great vintages really shine.  We host events every year to study how wines age.  We have been featuring 2016, 2006, 1986 and now we will begin our study of the 1996 vintage.  There were many wine regions that produced outstanding wines in 1996.  This is one of the first vintages in the 1990’s the Bordeaux critics had to talk about.  Napa Valley also produced outstanding wines in 1996, as did Burgundy and Champagne, but what about Australia dn Chile?  We have an amazing selection of wines from all over the world on the table tonight!   Most of the top wines from 1996 are ready to drink but some may need another decade to be drinking at their best but that’s what we’re going to figure out.

 

This is true scientific research that we are doing here at the Wine Watch, checking each bottle to see when the best time to consume for the most drinking pleasure.  It's hard work but we are willing to sacrifice our body for our wine drinking people!

 

This tasting is a pre-poured sit-down event and is limited to 14 tasters.  The price for this tasting, which includes dinner and gratuity, is $295 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463.

 

 

1996 Vintage Wines from Around the Globe

A Study of 30 Year-Old Wines

Friday, June 5^th   

7:30pm

 

1996 Henriot Brut Millesime Champagne

1996 Terreno Chianti Classico Riserva

1996 Domaine des Perdrix Echezeaux Grand Cru

1996 Chateau Gazin Pomerol

1996 Artadi El Pison Rioja

1996 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, Australia

1996 Ridge Mataro Bridgehead California

1996 Sena Aconcagua Valley, Chile

1996 Trefethen Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa MAGNUM

1996 Chateau Cos D'Estournel St. Estephe

1996 Luigi Righetti Capitel De' Roari, Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico DOCG

 

Menu

Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie

Mushroom Soup Finished with Dry Sherry and Crème Fraiche

Traditional Beef Tenderloin Tartar Served Over Bone Marrow with Truffle Aioli

Baby Back Ribs with Koren BBQ and Collard Greens

Dark Chocolate Crème Brulee with Raspberry Coulis

 

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $295 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food allergies or aversions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.