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Sunday, December 21, 2003
Clocktower, revisited
For those of you following the <a href="http://david.dpitts.com/archives/000062.html">clocktower discussion </a>, we did get two bottles. Weirdly enough, I have found that it tastes best after a large amount of airation. I was just stirring it a bunch in my "wine" glass. This last time - with the bottle 2/3 empty, I just shook up the bottle. MUCH better. Now it tastes as I remember. I wonder if the resturant shook it up. You wine-o's know anything about this and why the taste changes?? --MooseComments:
DrBacchus on 12/29 at 03:08 PM said:
I’m pretty sure they would not have shaken it up. It was probably just open for a long time.
Port can survive after being opened for a number of weeks, or even months. Shaking it just accelerates that aeration process, but is not recommended as it will shorten the lifespan of the port left in the bottle.
As to how long it improves, and when it starts degenerating, that is largely a matter of personal taste. But once it has been opened, the clocktower is ticking, so to speak.
Moose on 12/30 at 12:40 AM said:
Well, I’m having the last of the first bottle this evening, and it is by far the best portion. I’ll be taking the second bottle to a New Years party, but I’m afraid it will taste too “fresh"… ah well… such is life, eh?
--Moose
on 02/21 at 05:47 AM said:
Yeeeahd, it’s csool
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