Originally Posted by DJGMaster1

I'm in the same boat.

Presently, I have a raft of top tier Cal Cabs from the '84-87, '91, and '94 vintages that are drinking beautifully. And to think I paid under $30 a bottle for most of them, stuff like Beringer Reserve, Diamond Creek all 4 vineyards, Dominus, Montelena Estate, Mondavi Reserve, Dunn Howell Mtn, Forman, etc.

Also a very good selection of '82, '85, '86, '89, and '90 Classified Growth Bordeaux, mainly Super Seconds like the Leovilles, the Pichons, Ducru, Cos D'Estournel, L'Angelus, etc.

Given how the prices of these wines have escalated in more recent vintages, I shifted my buying to Oz, Spain, Argentina and Chile, but I still have hundreds of bottles of first tier Cab-based wines from the '80s and early '90s.

I have yet to meet a sommellier who would object to a BYO with fair corkage of this class of wine - especially if one offered them a taste.