'86 Bordeaux - in fact, at this point, I actually own more '86 than '90, because I keep holding them waiting for them to come around, whereas '90 has been deelish almost from the get-go.
I confess that I totally misjudged '82 Bordeaux in the opposite direction of '75. I had been indoctrinated to think that Cab based wine had to be tight, hard, and closed to have aging capability. I thought '82 would be an early drinking vintage and bought accordingly.
That pales compared to the sin of not stocking my cellar with mainly Burgundy and Barolo, but that is not a vintage issue.
1988 Bordeaux. Beautiful Bordeaux vintage that initially did not give much pleasure but it is now singing. Would happily trade a lot of my 1989’s for 1988’s today.
1997 Mosel. I thought it was too acid-deficient and avoided it, but the few I’ve had have been drinking really well. On the other hand, I bought more 1998 Mosel because of high acid levels, and those are drionking well too. Moral for me is that I’m not as clever as I thought, and for the most part it’s about producers rather than vintages.
1986 Bordeaux. Got tired of waiting, like Anton. But I still wish I held a couple just to see.
1988 Bordeaux. Bought too few. Very pretty wines.
1994 California Cabernet. These just never did it for me.
1996 California Cabernet. These pleasantly surprised, and I didn’t buy enough.
Mostly bought GC’s, and I think they are mostly terrible…been selling some, but the resale price is probably as low or lower than any vintage except '04…