Some RARE WINE FOR SALE 1990 Chatau Latour, 1898 Chateau LAfite Rothschild
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07-21-2006, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Marc996Miami
Burns Steakhouse in Tampa has wines like that, they date back almost to 1800..
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07-22-2006, 03:58 PM
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What about them being recorked? As soon as you pop the cork and the air hits, bye bye vino!! Especially wines this old, they are vinegar anyway but especially since they have been recorked. Owning these is a novelty in my opinion.
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07-22-2006, 05:29 PM
My god...I think you forgot to put a decimal in those prices. But seriously, that's an insane collection. Does wine this old actually turn to vinegar and become undrinkable? And if it is drinkable, what does it taste like?
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07-23-2006, 11:14 AM
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You couldn't be MORE misinformed......what you think they are getting that kind of money for an old bottle of vinegar?? I have personally tasted several bottles of wine from the turn of the century that were amazing....Recorking is just maintenence...
Come on guys, go to Christies for christs sake....you can see bottles of Lafite from the 1700's that sold for $70,000..........
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Come on guys, go to Christies for christs sake....you can see bottles of Lafite from the 1700's that sold for $70,000..........
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Originally Posted by Griza
What about them being recorked? As soon as you pop the cork and the air hits, bye bye vino!! Especially wines this old, they are vinegar anyway but especially since they have been recorked. Owning these is a novelty in my opinion.
#21
07-23-2006, 11:46 AM
if you don't know anything about wine, you should stay out of this thread. almost any bottle you're going to find this old has been recorked. It's a GOOD thing as long as it was done well.
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07-24-2006, 12:22 AM
Originally Posted by SteveH
if you don't know anything about wine, you should stay out of this thread. almost any bottle you're going to find this old has been recorked. It's a GOOD thing as long as it was done well.
