Mira 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon -- true experiment, or publicity stunt?

[zin1953]

http://www.charlestonmercury.com/articles/2013/02/07/news/doc5113c7bb49701110663607.txt

http://www.miranapa.com/charlestonhar...

[ChefJune]

IF this were anything other than a publicity stunt, the wine would have to be sumberged for quite a bit longer than 3 months in order to find out if it did anything. The wine that was found in the sunken ships had been down there for more than 100 years!

Personally, I think it's a crock of cr&p...

[Bill Hunt]

Well, 100 years now, would not lead to RIO on the "stunt."

I am with you - PR only.

Hunt

[Gussie Finknottle]

Since when does '3 months' mean ageing?

Publicity pure and simple.

And succesful.

[Bill Hunt]

Now, an ocean voyage in the heat, in the hold of a rocking boat DID seem to enhance Madeira heading to the New World in the 1970's, but this sounds like PR to me.

Hunt

[zin1953]

Bill? Was that the 1970s, or the 1790s??? ;^)

[Bill Hunt]

Sorry. the 1790's. Maybe it was because I declared Wine-Thirty early, or perhaps my dyslexia acting up again. Good catch for my poor typing. Thank you for asking, and for the clarification. DUH!

Thank you,

Hunt

[ChefJune]

Bill: Madeira is a fortified wine. Not sure the unfortified variety benefits from the ships rocking, etc.

[Bill Hunt]

Oh I agree completely. Same for the "heat" of the voyage. Most Madeiras are stored in attics, before being disgorged.

In some countries, in the 1790's (got it right for a change), there were cradles to "rock" Madeira, prior to disgorging it.

My doubt is that this wine will benefit from being submerged in sea water.

Hunt

[maria lorraine]

My bulls@#t meter went off.

"The quality of the wine found in these and many other 'discoveries' suggest the wine was actually enhanced by the underwater elements."

I don't buy it. There's lots of organoleptic deterioration with even a small amount of movement. Loss of fruit, mainly.

[zin1953]

Ya think?!?!?! ;^)