the lynch-bages is a pre-order, yea. i split a case with my dad who's a collector, we're just waiting for it to arrive.

1976..IMHO i know this may seem crazy but look for Rhone wines. from the north, like an Hermitage, or the south, a CDP or CdR.
if you can swing it, '76 was a very good year in burgundy but they are pricey AND unfortunately most seemed to peak around 1990-1995.
interestingly enough my first Domaine de la Romanee Conti was a 1976. even in 2000 it was stunning.

Showoff.

speaking of grange >

http://www.evobistro.com/ in northern virginia has it by ounce for $15

lol hey i got lucky and was in the right place at the right time

but some of my favorites are:

'96 Ridge Montebello
'85 Bollinger RD Champagne
'96 thru '05 Talbott Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay, and '95 thru '03 Talbott Diamond T Chard
'96 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cab
'88 Ruffino Reserve Chianti (gold label) - this has aged spectacularly well, unfortunately I only have a couple of bottles left :-(

Probably the best in my cellar (although i'm not at home to check my list)

82 Petrus
82 Latour
86 Grange
90 Grange
88 La Mouline
89 La Turque

Jeff

Spying Jeff's 90 Grange I'm interested in whether you mentally mark certain wines to be opened in a particular year or for a paticular even or anniversary. (I didn't even see the 86 there at first- mentally the 88 and 90 are the only ones I look for!)

(That is, if you don't sell it or decide to hold onto it indefinitely until you feel the need to open it!)


I ask because our own senses including taste and smell probably decline after a cetain point and the pleasure of the wine may be diminished if we leave ourselves too long, not only the wine.

No doubt, the occasion for the wines above will be very special.

Well, for sure, it's better to drink it "too early" than "too late".

As someone (James Halliday?) said when asked how he could could bear to drink a great expensive vintage wine from his cellar, "how could I bear not to"? It costs money to put them in there, but costs nothing to take them out.

IMHO, there's always going to be great wine produced, so why not enjoy what you already have in your cellar, in order to clear space for that next stellar bottle you're looking for

2002 Ghost Horse Cabernet (and no you guys are not having it for wine doo)
1988 Chateau Meyney
Several vintages of Viansa Ossidianas when they were great wines
1994 Gundlach Reserve Cabernet, we just drank one in 04 and it was excellent
2000 Van der Hayden Late Harvest Cabernet

I am not familiar with this producer although I have a bottle sitting in my cellar. In general, what does it resemble?

rgds,
drew

The last saturday in Feb is OTBN. the 8th annual. from the columnists of the WSJ.

I have offered this year to open 0.75 bottles from my cellar for each attendee.

I don't keep real close track of what is down there, but I know there is interest in opening the

55 bechelville
61 cos
89 latour
90 mouton
90 hospice de beaunes(don't remember whose)
77 dow
96-9 la pavots

which would be about right for 12 people.

That's easy. Without question the top wine in my cellar is:

1982 Petrus -still have 5 bottles left!

During the 2004/2005 hurricanes down here, protecting those bottles was a higher priority than getting the shutters up!

I'll be totally honest in saying I don't have a clue. When we got married in 94, the manager of the store we bought all the liquor for the wedding at told us to hold on when we returned the unopended stuff, and handed us that bottle saying to hold on to it for a few years.

It's in my winelist online, and every few months one person or another sends an e-mail offering me considerable sums of money for it.

There's a few that get the most attention, that's probably the top one (or was until recently, one of the others has been getting a ton of attention). It's the interest so many others have had in it that have kept it in the bottle instead of being tasted. I may hate it, don't know, but it's the outside interest that put it on my list.

Everything else on my list I've had, and unfortunatly, wish I had stocked up on more of it,especially the first one before the price went up 300 times (yes,three hundred) what I paid for those two.

Mike,
Which list are you referring to? It's public at least to some degree, so is it for membes of a particular cellar?

Is there a similar list or 'stock exchange' list of wines and their market value for people whose cellars are their basement?

With 30,000% potential return being offered, no wonder you are thrilled with your purchase!