I have been through so many microscopically small production German dessert wines (Eiswein, BA and TBA) that I have lost count. Most of them were under 25 cases, so less than 300 bottles in total. Granted there are often larger production versions, but 900 bottles (especially if they are 750s) is a very high number.
The post asked only “what is your most rare wine”…I wasnt asking for a lesson…anyway, rarity depends by the vintage, if the producer still works, if the producer sells or not (it happens), and many many things. It is only a question, not more, not less.
Italians, not too many (but does spending time in Italy few times a year counts?)
As for the wines, I think we drank most of our very good and/or rare Italian wines (which were very good!). Have some Podere Il Carnasciale Il Caberlot. Would not call them ‘rare’ but certainly hard to come by. IIRC, few beserkers held an offline of those a while ago.
As for rare (aka, hardly produced/bottles, and certainly n/a anymore), I would say '80 RS signature series winsdor falls into that- I have one bottle and the winemaker actually went down his own archives and found for me its technical spec. Very few made for a very small portion of the mailing list. Planning to drink it so it would be come an ‘ex rare’ wine.
Viscardo
Please stay around (rimani qui per favore! )
I think the replies could have been a bit more constructive, but what David says is actually decent advice - many of the earlier posts about ‘5 simple techniques’ would have been more appropriate to be in Wine 101: The basics forum. It’s a good place to discuss such things.
This post is I think a perfectly decent question for this forum, and I think the criticisms are unfair.
For commercial wines, the 1999 Best’s FHT (a frost hit vintage) is possibly my rarest. I bought a dozen bottles and that was (if I recall correctly) > 1% of production. A Moscato from a very hospitable agriturismo in Bubbio (nr Acqui Terme / Alta Langa) may be rarer.
Finally I have a couple of commemorative bottles from charity cricket matches I played in. Total labelling run would have been 25-30 bottles, so that’s pretty rare I suppose. I got the impression that the wine inside wasn’t really worth drinking, so they stay in my cellar until the cork drops out of them!
Rarities, like classic cars, is in the eye and palate of the beholder.
I have some ‘first releases’ from a number of Oregon wineries that date back to the early 80s that might not be considered rare - but they are precious to me because it was when I first started visiting Oregon and was in total amazement of the movement and the people (and the wines).