large format longevity

[D_West]

@David Cooper

Where would on get a 9 litre bottle of Giacomo Conterno Cerretta? All of the 1800 bottles listed on CT are 750s. This seems like fantasy.

And fantasy it is. Heard back from the estate and they have never produced, nor intend to produce, such a format.

Adding in actual email: “we have never made 9-Liters of Cerretta (and our wines in general) and neither do we plan on producing these bottle sizes in the future”

[A_So]

@D West

@David Cooper

Where would on get a 9 litre bottle of Giacomo Conterno Cerretta? All of the 1800 bottles listed on CT are 750s. This seems like fantasy.

And fantasy it is. Heard back from the estate and they have never produced, nor intend to produce, such a format.

I do remember seeing some old 15L (?) Monfortinos in the past.

[D_West]

I do remember seeing some old 15L (?) Monfortinos in the past.

Estate did clarify with me further, “the largest format that we product (but not every year!) is the 3-liter”. This comment may be limited to Cerretta.

[A_So]

@D West

I do remember seeing some old 15L (?) Monfortinos in the past.

Estate did clarify with me further, “the largest format that we product (but not every year!) is the 3-liter”. This comment may be limited to Cerretta.

It was 12L

[Dan_Kravitz]

May we please know what auction house offered this?

Thank you.

Dan Kravitz

[Dylan_D_Provencher]

@Dan Kravitz

May we please know what auction house offered this?

Thank you.

Dan Kravitz

I’m not sure, but the app looks like Hart Davis Hart.

[Kelly_Walker]

I have a 3L of Monfortino

[Ray.Tuppa_sch]

@John Danza

However, 3L bottles of old port and champagne are a different story.

I had several fails of 3L champagne bottles that I had stored for a while. It was because I didn’t know at the time that any champagne bottle above a magnum size doesn’t contain wine that’s gone through secondary fermentation in the bottle. The 3L and above bottles are filled from 750s, corked and shipped. This kind of handling necessitates buying them fresh and opening them within a few months.

The regulation for jeroboams changed about seven or eight years ago. I’ve aged and opened at least a hundred jeroboams (or larger) of Champagne and have had very, very few occasions when there was an issue.

[Kris_Patten]

@edwardmilstein

Drank some 3 and 6L over last weekend that were all singing.Started on Sat with a 6L of 2000 Cheval Blanc that was magnificent after a 45 min decant.I’ll have to open a bottle soon to compare maturation curves.Think the highlights of the weekend were the 55 La Mission 3L( perfect condition ) and the 6L 0f 2001 Montrachet DRC.
I’ll post when I’m fully recuperated.

Eddie,

Love to see notes on all 3!