I had inherited a small Vintage wine collection…
All Bordeaux… From dates 1955 - 1970… Here are the Vineyards …
Chateau Haut-Brion
Chateau Lafite Rothschild ~ Both sizes 375 and 750
Chateau Calon Segur Medoc
Grand Vin De Chateau Latour
Chateau Margaux
Au Baron De Picho Loncueville
Chateau Pichon LaLande
I have photos of every bottle & label …
Also have wonderful mouth blown wine glasses , made in Yugoslavia from the 50’s…
Some still have the little tag on them…
Any Thoughts … TIA… 
How were the bottles stored by the previous owner? How are you storing them now?
Exciting collection, waiting to hear more!!
Easy- start drinking them. Start with the weaker years56,57,58,60,63,65,68- lots will be garbage- some will be much better than expected. ( hopefully the collector has very few of them then move on to 67 ( wait on the Latour ) 69,66,64,62 ,71,70’s and learn all about these wines and then savor the 55’s,59’s and 61’s. Take pictures and tell us all about them. Good luck and enjoy-
btw - 1st thing to do is buy a Durand online to make sure the corks come out as clean as possible.
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What thoughts are you looking for? What to do with them? As Corey N. stated, storage is the key factor in anything else to follow (sell, drink, hold).
Before we offer you “help”, what is your intention?
Do you want to hold a Berserkerfest to consume these and offer a tasting note and cheers to the deceased? Do you want to sell them and make oodles of money? Or do you want us to pick foods that would pair with them?
I agree with Markus. To better help provide the right answers, it would help to know what you were thinking of doing with the wines.
Wow !! I never thought this would get so many replies… Thank You
We are NOT wine drinkers…
My father had a wine cellar… And that’s where they had been stored .
I have them also in cool storage on their sides in wooden boxes…
I knew that much about wines from my youth. When I would go with my folks to pick up wines…
He did have a very huge collection at one time …
I was thinking of maybe selling them … Being that WE are not into them…
I’m sure some are more desirable then others …
I can make a better list of the years of each wine…
Tracy, it sounds like selling them might be the best option in your situation. There are many here familiar with auctions. Knowing the vintages would make it more interesting and allow for more feedback.
RT
Tracy when you say your father had them stored in his wine cellar, what type of cellar was it, and what were the conditions there?
I’ll will give you $237.46 for all of them sight unseen if you will throw in 1 glass. PM with acceptance and I will personally pick them up tonight. ![[snort.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/b/bdc3944606213c4dca6c1169cf0a166c8bc4f8c9.gif "snort.gif")
TIA
You need a reputable auction house to sell them for you. I’m sure others will have suggestions. Hope you have some 1961s!
I have had very good results selling rather expensive wines through the Acker, Merrill, and Condit auction house in New York. If you send them a list of what you have, including number of bottles, vintage, name of wine, etc., they will send you back a free appraisal. Before they accept your wines for auction though they will want to know exactly how they have been stored. I wait until around October to send them a list, then submit my wines for the December holiday auction, figuring that people may be in a “buying mood” before the holidays! 
Their web site is www.ackerwines.com They also offer pick-up and shipping services I think, but I am close enough to deliver my wines to their NY warehouse myself.
Wow! After the Rudy story, I don’t know how any one here could use or recommend Acker.
I cannot believe no one has attacked Tracy yet for being a fraud, etc. Well done, all! 
Paul - I had a couple bottles of '91 Leroy grand crus, the era when they were using thick brittle plastic as capsules, and the capsules had badly cracked, though some remained on the bottle, and the original corks were intact. Acker Merrill wouldm’t accept the wines for auction. This was after their “Rudy” experience as I recall! They seem to be pretty careful about authenticity and provenence now…
I think everyone has reached the point that the mindset is “anyone who falls for that kinda deserves it”. No need to babysit or police anyone.
Tracy, those are all good names and highly desirable (based on bottle condition, storage conditions, vintages). If you and your family are not wine drinkers then selling is probably the best option.
Depending on condition and size of your collection (10 bottles? 50 bottles?) you may even want to offer the lot to multiple auction houses. Zachys, Acker Merrill Condit, and Hart Davis Hart are among the larger outfits. You could ask each for an offer and take the best deal you get. Sothebys, Christies and Bonhams are also well regarded, but they are more general auction houses – the first three specialize in wine and do auctions nearly every month.
Wow… Thank You all for the great tips… We know nothing about Vintage wines…
The only names that I know are Haut-Brion ~Chateau Lafite ~ Margaux ; I guess cause I was with dad when he bought them … I was a young kid then …
His cellar was below the ground… It was the best place to cool off in the summer…
That’s all I can remember as a kid and the cellar…
We have them in the root cellar…
And thank you so much for not doing a dog pile … As I’m real … And really do need help
on these wines…
Tracy