I actually just picked-up a pristine 1980 Inglenook Limited Cask Reserve Selection from Wine Bid. I was really amazed by the condition of the bottle - looks like it was just released.
That bottle will be opened with several other bottles of the same vintage next year on my 30th!
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I’m gonna start calling you Twinkle or maybe Twinkie !
Some of the older CA wines are really drinking much better than I would have thought. I’ve picked up several over the last few months and all but one has been great. One of the best was a '74 BV latour
I’d be more interested to see how the 83 dominus is doing. 83 was a shit year in napa. All of the 83’s I have had, 10+ from top producers have all been way over the hill, beat up and shot.
I’ve had the 1983 Dominus, I think last year. It was truffled popcorn and cab night with Dick & Carollee. I’m not a cab fan, but this wine was pretty amazing. Quite an eye opening experience.
Todd - great minds think alike. I bought some 1971’s for the first time last week and expect delivery this coming week. I’m so excited about having a birthyear wine. I got some sherries and a BV pinot and cab. I can’t wait.
Well, well, fellow '71’er! When is your birthday? I’ll see if I can pick up a couple more birthyear wines and do as you are, then we can post notes. Mine’s March 25th - coming up.
June 28 - I suspect I’ll open some before then because I’ve got some friends born in 71 and while they’re not wine geeks, they’d be tickled with a bottle from their (our) birthyear.
I finally had a few birth year wines last year. Ausone, Lafite and HB. Unfortunatlely, they were not 1971, that’s the year I entered Law School. [blackeye.gif]
had the 83 Beringer Reserve for my bday, surprisingly alive and kicking. A bit more secondary notes than i’d like but still all in all not so shabby.
A Huge nose of fresh french bread with light vanilla and dry vibrant fruit. Large amounts of fruit on the palate with leathery herbs. A touch of mint on the mid palate with a prune finish. There still had a good amount of alcohol throughout the drink and it tasted a bit disjointed, but I’m surprised anything from California during my birth year survived. (67 views)
Those with a 1971 birth year can also look at Barolo. It was a good year for Barolo.
We need a separate “Old Farts” birth year thread, Jack. My birth year is 1954, a very bad year for wine. Fortunately, last year I had bottle of 1954 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo Riserva. It was shockingly good!