Average Vintage (per CT) and Oldest Wine

C_G_Nieto · December 23, 2009, 12:53am

What is the average vintage of your wine collection and oldest wine? Per CT, mine is 2004.6. My older wines are from 1966, 1976, 1977, and a handful from the 80s.

I know, it is a slow day but CT is just a great tool. The only info that I don’t want to see is purchases for the year.

krehberg · December 23, 2009, 1:11am

2005 average with 1970 as the oldest

O_H_a_u_g · December 23, 2009, 1:11am

Average: 2001.6
Oldest: 1834 Madeira and 1900 Vintage Port, Oldest non-fortified: 1947

Ken_V · December 23, 2009, 1:17am

Average: 1998.5

Right now my oldest bottle is a birth-year wine: 1954.

Eric_LeVine · December 23, 2009, 1:19am

How am I supposed to get any work done with all of these CT threads lately? It is transfixing for me!

CWun · December 23, 2009, 1:27am

Data mining. Where there is a database, there is a way

Tyler_Rico · December 23, 2009, 1:42am

2003.8 average and 1961

C_G_Nieto · December 23, 2009, 1:43am

Wow! Will you ever drink them?

Kent_Zimmerman · December 23, 2009, 1:53am

2004.3 and 1974

ksmith · December 23, 2009, 2:26am

Average 2004. Oldest 1945.

krehberg · December 23, 2009, 3:45am

Needless to say…my oldest is a birth year wine too…at least until next August. I wonder how many others are storing birth year wines as well.

Next year is 40 for both my wife and I…so it will be gone, but luckily Bern’s will have a few for years to come if I need that 1970 fix. In fact, until recently, they were pouring a 1970 Bordeaux by the glass.

Of course…I must search out some Port for years 50 and 60

Ken_V · December 23, 2009, 4:11am

I used to have a 1954 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo which was beautiful a few years ago. My only `54 now is a Vallana Spanna.

Stephen_South · December 23, 2009, 4:15am

Avg vintage 2001.2 (3446 bottles)
Oldest = 1875 Madeira (1875 Barbeito Madeira Reserva Velha Malvasia)
Oldest non-fortified = 1959 (1959 Huët Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Haut-Lieu)

Poppy_Davis · December 23, 2009, 4:34am

Avg: 2001.4
Oldest: 1936

Eric_LeVine · December 23, 2009, 4:54am

Average: 2000.5
Oldest: 1834 Barbeito Madeira Malvazia
Oldest dry wine: 1966 Palmer

Jeff_Twersky · December 23, 2009, 8:04am

Hey, you aren’t 50 years old, you’re 55! You are definitely in your 50s.

Ken_V · December 23, 2009, 9:32am

It was a hypo-freakin-thetical. I could have used 60, but I don’t want to be in my 60s!

Eric_Ifune · December 23, 2009, 9:53am

1795 Barbieto Terrantez
Non-fortified, bunch of 1959’s; Bordeaux, Sauterne, Germans

Bob_Hughes · December 23, 2009, 12:34pm

1996.4, and I have the same oldest bottle of wine that Eric and several others mentioned, the 1834 Barbeito Malvazia

krehberg · December 23, 2009, 2:11pm

Just remember…once you get there…being in your 60’s beats the alternative.