1999 Scarborough blue (export) label Chardonnay

[michaelw]

Opened this on Monday night and was confronted by a lovely fruity nose and a clean, crisp finish.

I popped the remainder in the fridge with a vacuum seal and re-visited it last night.

The intensity of the fruit on the nose had somewhat dissipated and the wine seemed to totally change character.

I know we've discussed various measures used for sealing/storing the remainder in a bottle, but I've never seen a wine change overnight like this. I always use the vacuum seals and this is the most ordinary result I've had so far.

All this goes to show (I suppose) is that this wine should be finished in the one sitting. Going on monday nights appraisal it was a wonderful wine and I'm looking forward to the Traditional (yellow) label over the summer.

[Adair]

Get yourself a half bottle and use it to keep opended wine. Fill it to the top, use a cork or the screwcap depending on the type of bottle, but make sure you leave no oxygen gap, then put it in the fridge. This is the best method of keeping wine. I also have a few 187mL bottles from QANTAS flights for when I drink more than half a bottle but do not finish it in one sitting, and don't want the wine to change over night. I typically only do this for white wines as I like seeing how reds change.

Adair