That’s right!
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Well it’s a nice thought, but for the most part we had diametrically opposed palates! 
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WSJ reminds of this thread.
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That was a nice column of Lettie’s. I’d liked to have known what her deceased friend did for a living. He was only described as “a wine collector” – a term that always vaguely annoys me. In fact, he sounds like a genuine wine lover, not obsessed with collecting.
Another one of those “dad bought a bunch and never drank them” wines. It’s bright, focused, but I don’t see it getting better. Was probably better 10 years ago. Definitely worth drinking though.
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98 Right bank - best of the best for vintages?! Makes one ask (you may ask yourself) if this is a grand cru from a great vintage why is it better to drink it at 15 to 20 years old?
Cause it’s not that grand of a grand cru.
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Fair enough - I have 2 Pavie Maquin and an Ausone from '98. May be time to drink them up!
NOT THE AUSONE!!!
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NOT THE AUSONE!!!
Death Bed Wine?
I don’t know how old you are.
Probably best ~2040.
We cracked a '71 at the Good Old Stuff in Brunswick Maine a year ago. Probably at peak, although it obviously could have hung in there for at least a few more years.
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Old enough to drink it but also took my mother out for a drink tonight and she is 105! So, not withstanding the fact that fellow board member Michael Chang thinks I am going to die from Hypertension from drinking too much I will hold on to it and drink it in 2040 for my 80th Birthday! And I will think of you Dan Kravitz - 'cause you are the man!
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Wow - 105? She looks great! My mom made 97, looked more like 75. But she didn’t drink for the last 40-50 years of her life, other than a sip or 1920 Madeira (my father’s birth year).
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Nice wine but as you say not intended for 25+ years cellaring
I hope you and your mother both enjoy it in 2040!
A relative youngster!
-Al
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My grandmother lived to 102. She had an Old Fashioned every night until she was 99, and it all went downhill when she stopped.
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Awfully nice of dad to leave some of these in the crypt!
More than enough oak for the wine plus a casket, but hey, it’s a crypt!
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Are those Oaky messes? I bought a few bottles of 2017 and tried one early and it was dominated by oak - but I assumed that it just needed more time since it seems to be a well regarded wine.