Have you decided upon an age....

WINE TALK
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At 50 I find myself able for the first time in life to actively buy more than a few bottles a year. So I’m back filling and also can’t help but buy some '05, '09, '10, '11 and '12s. Stupid stores seem to have lots of the recent stuff, so go figure. Wine tastings are truly the stuff of evil, I can’t help but walk away with a case of something. Next week my local wine shop has Philippe Pacalet at a tasting of his '11s …

At this point I have about 40% ready to drink now and over the next few years, and 60% aging out over the next few decades. Going to take a break from buying (really!) for a bit and see what I truly want more of, but I expect over the next 5 years at least I’ll still be buying wine from the 80s and 90s while building up material to age myself.

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How are they doing on cryogenics these days? Could be a game-changer.

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I see dead people in wine shops.

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I love this thread, and largely because there is no wrong answer. “Overpurchasing” relative to eventual outcomes merely enables more generosity (or commerce, I suppose, but that’s not my relationship to wine), whereas “underpurchasing” is just another way of saying, “catch up, dude,” something that can be managed with pleasure on the fly. That said, I do hope wine will become part of my evolving relationship with my children, in which case it will always be the gift that keeps on giving.

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Knowing him, that doesn’t even enter his mind. Even assuming it does, he knows his sons and grandsons drink wine, so it wouldn’t be an issue. I’d likely be the same at his age (assuming I get there).

Best,

N

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Gonna be 55 this year, but have stopped buying table wine. Not because of age, but because I’ve 20 years worth in the cellar with current consumption.

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I may have wines 5-6 nights in a row.

Me too, if I have to slow down when I get a lot older. Right now it’s at least 7 nights in a row, maybe more . . .

The way I look at it is why waste a night without having wine? [cheers.gif]

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Being 29, I obviously have another year left of being invincible so will never stop purchasing.

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Judging from your photo, you look awfully old for your age!

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I’ve had great luck buying from Commerce Corner off this website from people I trust. I have also bought some wonderful 10+ year old wines from retailers I trust. I do not buy from auction. Hope I don’t jinx myself, but my success with backfilling has been wonderful.

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Nope. I’m 63 and I don’t buy heavy-duty agers. I buy port, but I like 'em young. If I die before I drink it all up I have lots of friends that’ll drink my wine and remember me kindly.

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I will stop buying the high end wines,there needs 20 years in the cellar,when i am around 50.Iam 44 in may this year,and i dont see any point spending Money on wine,i may not be around to enjoy [cheers.gif]

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I am so happy im only 29

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Yep, I’ve lived hard and it shows. :astonished:

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It is not a relevant issue for me. I turn 71 this year and plan on living forever.

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Yes. Auction or retail.

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Will turn 64 in June.
Got around 1000 bottles.
Limiting myself to select CA Pinots and Chards while backfilling on Red Burgs.
Will buy current Red Burg vintages that are approachable young and generally lower echelon that would age faster anyway.
The 2000 & 2007 vintages are perfect for me as well as the lesser 2009s.

Buy a lot of Cru Beaujolais.

May have made a mistake to have invested fairly heavily in the 2005 Red Burgs.
We will see.

I think people my age (or close to) can continue to buy if they follow my philosophy…

TTT

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White Burgundy and Champagne recent releases are all that I’m buying, but still buying a few odd bottles of older vintage red Burgundies.

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I’ve got two daughters who are winos. So I view a cellar as an inter generational investment.