What's The Oldest Bottle In Your Cellar?

[Francois_Audouze]

My oldest are :

1690 unknown wine
1730 Cahors
1730 unknown wine
1780 Burgundy red

and I have some bottles which look like the one of Tim and which are certainly of the second half of 18th century

[Eric_Egan]

@François Audouze

@Barry Paul Price

I rarely see bottles from 1900-1919 around. Why is that? That a WWI thing?

I see bottles from the late 1800’s and then it seems to jump to the 1930’s and 40’s.

I have drunk 307 wines from the period 1900 - 1919
I have drunk 610 bottles from the period 1920 - 1929

My experience does not confirm yours.

In my experience there are a lot more bottles from the 1920s around than there are from the 1900-1920 or indeed from the 1930s. This is possibly down to there being more highly regarded vintages from the 20s than from the other decades, almost combined (with regards to Burgundy and Bordeaux at least). Broadly speaking, '20 '21 '24 '26 '28 and '29 were great in Bordeaux, with only really '34 from the '30s (from what I understand a lot of the '37s have become rather astringent - this was certainly the case with a recent Calon Segour). Any thoughts François?

[Nick_Gangas]

1945 Chateau de la Tour Clos Vougeot

[Ian_Sutton]

@François Audouze

@Barry Paul Price

I rarely see bottles from 1900-1919 around. Why is that? That a WWI thing?

I see bottles from the late 1800’s and then it seems to jump to the 1930’s and 40’s.

I have drunk 307 wines from the period 1900 - 1919
I have drunk 610 bottles from the period 1920 - 1929

My experience does not confirm yours.

There is your answer Barry. Francois is drinking them all

[Mark_C_Johnson]

@Casey Hartlip

Nice thread idea.
!957 Charles Krug Napa Cabernet picture

Nice Wine! Wish I had one in my birth year collection!

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

It’s a question of definition. The oldest wine is an 1875 Madeira, but not bottled until much later. The oldest glass bottle is probably the 1966 Clos Fourtet, although the 1951 Offley Port and the 1951 Rivesaltas may have been bottled earlier.

[Dale_Bowers]

1959 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Haut-Lieu

[Mike_Evans]

@Jayson Cohen

@Mike Evans

@Jayson Cohen

59 Huet CdB Moelleux
59 Huet LHL Moelleux

Add the Le Mont to the list, make them 1ere Trie, and that answers the question for me. I’m guessing that you already drank the Le Mont? If so, how was it?

Nope. I bought these bottles separately. A long time ago. Before the 59 1er Tries somehow appeared out of nowhere about 10-12 years ago. (And never had Le Mont.)

When you coming to NYC? You’ve been absent too long.

Good question, but I hope this fall at some point. I regret never having met Chris or either Joe D. in person and need to get moving so that no one else ends up on that list.

[Eric_Ifune]

Still have a 1795 Barbeito Terrantez.

[R_Frankel]

Right now, 1982 Gaja Barbaresco.

Oldest I’ve owned are some '61 Barolos including Serafina & Fontanafredda.

Oldest I’ve tasted is a '47 Margaux.

[P_ONeill]

A magnum of 1947 Pommery.

[Albert_H]

1975 Chateau Montrose & 1982 Chateau Gloria

[Dan_Kravitz]

1924 Zimmermann Tokaji 4 puttonyos. Me and Sally trying to hang around until 2024.

1961 Lanessan, will be popped at random this winter or next.

Dan Kravitz

[Mark_Henderson]

Not in the realm of some of the posters here but my oldest three are:
1966 Leacock Bual Madeira
1967 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume
1967 Scarpa Barolo

[Rich_Brown]

@François Audouze

My oldest are :

1690 unknown wine
1730 Cahors
1730 unknown wine
1780 Burgundy red

and I have some bottles which look like the one of Tim and which are certainly of the second half of 18th century

Would love to see pics of these bottles if you have easy access to them

[Pau1_M3nk3s]

Right now my oldest are a 1981 Ducru Beaucaillou and 1981 Leoville Las Cases. Both are probably getting drunk next weekend.

[Daniel_Moritz]

@Ken V

1935 Cappellano Barolo.

Me too!!!

[Jay_Miller]

@Mike Evans

@Jayson Cohen

When you coming to NYC? You’ve been absent too long.

Good question, but I hope this fall at some point.

Good news indeed.

[Reece_Warren]

1966 Chateau Mouton Rothschild

[Reece_Warren]

@Sanjay Nandurkar

Currently
1900 Barbeito Malvasia
1968 D’Oliveira Bual

1964 Cheval Blanc
1970 Mouton

Had a few Seppelt Para ports from 1880’s but all gone now.

How were the Seppelt’s Para liqueurs? Got a 1900 and a 1892 coming up in our next auctions.