What Bottle Stands Out In Your Memory?

[Bdklein]

Caymus 40th Anniversary CS. I should have sold it and made some money instead of drinking it.

[paul_hanna]

'99 DRC RC.

On a night full of fabulous wines including 2 line ups of various vintages of RC including '23, '55, '59, '78, '91, '93 - the '99 was head and shoulders above everything (although the '90 was pretty damn close), and still is the greatest single wine I have had.

[Robert_Broder]

Although I have had a number of first growths or equivalents, the wine that sticks out in my tasting memory over the last 40 years is an 02 Drouhin Beaune Clos de Mouches Blanc . A great white burg with a wonderful combination of barnyard, fruit, minerals and spice on the nose and palate. Had the same wine twice after, but they. never matched the first one nor any white wine since.

[Jud_Reis]

82 Pichon Lalande on New Year’s Eve 1999. Just a magical bottle - could not believe wine could go those heights. Got me started on this whole crazy journey.

[g.colangelo]

@salilb

1975 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett.

I have had wines I’ve considered “better” or “higher scoring”, but that bottle was a jawdropping experience and eye-opening in reminding me just how Kabinett can age. It needed about 10 minutes for some funk (sulfur?) to clear, then hit a pinnacle and three of us finished it off in about 20 minutes in awe and near-silence.

Had it last September in a vertical of several Kabinetts, including younger Egon Mueller Scharzhofberger Auction and various others. This was the oldest of the lot and by far the best.
Absolutely stunning…

[Mattstolz]

@Thomas Keim

1959 Petrus -

Located a case for a customer in the late 1980s, he came in on a Saturday night to pick it up. He said “let’s pop a bottle!”, so I opened the bottle, and I’ll be damned if I couldn’t smell the wine from across the store. He smelled it, grabbed the rest of the case and left (leaving the open bottle).

Came home that night, screamed out “Honey! You want a glass of red wine!” she replied; “No! I just started watching a movie!” So I proceeded to go into my office, close the door, crank up the stereo, and drank that whole bottle of '59 Petrus by myself. Wowsers indeed.

I’m curious if you ever told her how much she missed out on

[J_B_a_s_k_a_m]

1982 Pichon Lalande

[K_John_Joseph]

My first really eye opening bottle, a 1995 Pride Cab.

Two bottles on the same night that were different, and true perfection: 1982 Pichon Lalande and 1997 Harlan Estate

Two bottles of a meaningful night with my father, who will always be my mentor and best friend: 1994 Dominus and 1998 Grange on his 60th birthday.

And my most recent greats that blew me one night late last year: 1982 Pichon Lalande (again) and 1989 Haut Brion on the same evening.