1 Minnesota Jones: <sip>
2 Minnesota Jones: Uergh! I think there's something wrong with this wine.
3 Prof. Jones: Ridiculous! It's Château Noir '23.
4 Minnesota Jones: More like Eau du 23 Chats Noirs.

Paul Cézanne made several paintings of a Château Noir near where he lived.

Not to be confused with Le Chat Noir.

Or indeed chats noirs.

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2024-11-03 Rerun commentary: I suspect if there was something that wrong with the wine, you'd probably notice it in the aroma before tasting it.

One thing I've learnt about wine that is far from obvious if you only have a passing interest in the subject: Just because a wine is older doesn't always mean it's better. Old vintages are usually portrayed as the ultimate thing in wine tasting, and it's easy for a novice to assume that's always the case. But there are limits. Beyond a certain age wine just gets worse over time. And that age is not necessarily very long, either. Some varieties of grapes, such as Sauvignon blanc, produce wines that are at their best within a year or two after being bottled, and then just go downhill after that.