Chateau Haut Théron
Cuvée Prestige Cahors Malbec
Cahors, Southwest France, France
One of my close friends and I aged a bottle of this French Malbec upon his leave from NYC.
It’s not a particularly great bottle. It can be bought for $11. It is exceptional because of its context. We forget that wine is an opportunity. A moment of memory and gratitude to create. If we use this excuse to gather with friends, then we’ve already elevated the wine.
We aged it for just 1.5 years and so it met its 5 year mark. It was light, resembling the composition of a Pinot Noir. It was airy and, now, after tasting the bottle this weekend again, new, without the extra aging, we can tell that the chemical, sugary aftertaste disappeared.
Great out of the store, even better after personal aging in a walnut veneer bar, and exceptional if drunk with friends, especially close ones.
Two bottles, across two weeks, aging one for almost two years. For the cornerstone experience, a 9.3.
One of my close friends and I aged a bottle of this French Malbec upon his leave from NYC.
It’s not a particularly great bottle. It can be bought for $11. It is exceptional because of its context. We forget that wine is an opportunity. A moment of memory and gratitude to create. If we use this excuse to gather with friends, then we’ve already elevated the wine.
We aged it for just 1.5 years and so it met its 5 year mark. It was light, resembling the composition of a Pinot Noir. It was airy and, now, after tasting the bottle this weekend again, new, without the extra aging, we can tell that the chemical, sugary aftertaste disappeared.
Great out of the store, even better after personal aging in a walnut veneer bar, and exceptional if drunk with friends, especially close ones.
Two bottles, across two weeks, aging one for almost two years. For the cornerstone experience, a 9.3.