james laube's wine flights

Big Wines Can Be Balanced

Posted: Jun 19, 2006 2:04pm ET

I know why people don’t like what they consider to be overripe wines. They complain about prune and raisin notes in reds and high alcohol in whites. And I completely understand their perspective because I’m on the other side of the debate, or perhaps more precisely, somewhere in the middle.

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