The top wines in your cellar
Apr 20, 2010, 8:01 pm
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some recent acquisitions:
1981 Beaucastel
1981 D'Yquem
1981 Mouton
1981 Cheval Blanc
1981 Musar
1981 Pichon-Lalande
1990 Château Léoville Poyferré
the '81s are being opened for my 30th bday next February...
1981 Beaucastel
1981 D'Yquem
1981 Mouton
1981 Cheval Blanc
1981 Musar
1981 Pichon-Lalande
1990 Château Léoville Poyferré
the '81s are being opened for my 30th bday next February...
Apr 20, 2010, 9:34 pm
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Apr 21, 2010, 12:57 pm
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Apr 22, 2010, 12:08 pm
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May 25, 2013, 8:02 am
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not really for my cellar....
But for my Children...... Daughter is 2009 vintage, Son is 2007.
Chacra 32 Pinot Noir 2009 - 18 bottles
Chacra 55 Pinot Noir 2009 - 12 bottles
Noemia Malbec 2009 - 12 bottles
Salon Cuvee S 2009 - 06 bottles
Mainque Merlot 2009 - 12 bottles
Angelica Zapata Malbec Alta 2009 - 12 bottles
Yacochuya Rolland 2009 - 12 bottles
Matilde Lamadrid Single Vineyard Malbec 2007 - 12 bottles
Yacochuya Rolland 2007 - 12 bottles
Nicolas Catena Zapata 2007 - 18 bottles
Escorihuela Gascon Malbec DON 2007 - 12 bottles
Felipe Rutini 2007 - 12 bottles
Catena Zapata Estiba Reservada 2007 - 48 bottles
Chacra 32 Pinot Noir 2009 - 18 bottles
Chacra 55 Pinot Noir 2009 - 12 bottles
Noemia Malbec 2009 - 12 bottles
Salon Cuvee S 2009 - 06 bottles
Mainque Merlot 2009 - 12 bottles
Angelica Zapata Malbec Alta 2009 - 12 bottles
Yacochuya Rolland 2009 - 12 bottles
Matilde Lamadrid Single Vineyard Malbec 2007 - 12 bottles
Yacochuya Rolland 2007 - 12 bottles
Nicolas Catena Zapata 2007 - 18 bottles
Escorihuela Gascon Malbec DON 2007 - 12 bottles
Felipe Rutini 2007 - 12 bottles
Catena Zapata Estiba Reservada 2007 - 48 bottles
May 25, 2013, 11:44 am
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I was just updating my wine list. 
I decided that the following wines are the top wines that I own:
California Reds
2002 Anderson Conn Valley ELOGE
2002 Chateau St Jean CINQ CEPAGES
2005 Loring Brosseau
2005 Carlisle Russian River syrah
2005 Carlise Dry Creek syrah
2005 Sea Smoke TEN
2005 Sea Smoke SOUTHING
Australia
2002 Wirra Wirra RSW shiraz
Italy
2000 Elio Grasso Barolo GINESTRA 'Vigna Casa Mate'
What are your best wines?
I decided that the following wines are the top wines that I own:
California Reds
2002 Anderson Conn Valley ELOGE
2002 Chateau St Jean CINQ CEPAGES
2005 Loring Brosseau
2005 Carlisle Russian River syrah
2005 Carlise Dry Creek syrah
2005 Sea Smoke TEN
2005 Sea Smoke SOUTHING
Australia
2002 Wirra Wirra RSW shiraz
Italy
2000 Elio Grasso Barolo GINESTRA 'Vigna Casa Mate'
What are your best wines?
These days:
2008 Kapcsandy Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon (Grand Vin) State Lane Vineyard
08 - 09 - 10 Maybach
Schrader - various
Rothschild - various
2006 Château Haut-Brion Blanc
1989 Château d'Yquem saving for WineDo 13
dh
May 25, 2013, 6:33 pm
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Details of your Rothschild holdings, please....?
May 25, 2013, 8:06 pm
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After the head to head of '98 vs. '99 of Bois de Boursan Cuvee des Felix last night,
My nod goes to the remaining '98 in my cellar. Lots of good stuff, but this was nothing short of sublime.
My nod goes to the remaining '98 in my cellar. Lots of good stuff, but this was nothing short of sublime.
May 25, 2013, 8:28 pm
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As for me, I have to admit, I've been selling my top wines through a broker, as I can't rationalize drinking too many bottles worth many hundreds, to even thousands of dollars. I did decide to keep my '86 Mouton, '89 Leoville Las Cases, and '88 Yquem, since the prices the Broker told me I'd get was less than I had been hoping on these.
May 25, 2013, 10:19 pm
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May 26, 2013, 7:15 pm
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May 27, 2013, 9:13 am
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The bottles (and me) will be long gone by then.
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May 27, 2013, 10:01 am
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According to the notes on www.cellartracker.com, people are drinking and enjoying them now. Drinking windown is now - 2034.
The bottles (and me) will be long gone by then.
dh
The bottles (and me) will be long gone by then.
dh
May 27, 2013, 10:28 am
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Without commenting on the specific 98 vintage, which as stated above I have yet to taste, in my experience the drinking windows of most all top French wines are grossly exaggerated. Its if the last (and only) thing that France wants to do the best than any other wine region is to make wines that will last "forever".... 