Would you ever buy a wine with no intent to drink it?

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1969 Dom Perignon http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=016

 

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Originally Posted by Jodum5

My father has a couple of 1961 mouton rothschilds hiding in his closet in Nigeria he's been saving for a special day. I don't understand it, though they are worth alot today. I want a taste badly.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

In a closet in Nigeria? Hate to break this to you, but I highly suspect you have some expensive vinegar there. I know I would not pay for them given the provenance.

This said, I would be more than willing to test one of them for your father.

 

[Joffrey]

Well the house does have A/C (intermittent thanks to the pathetic power supply).

I hate to hijack this thread, but what do you guys know of folks who buy vintage bottles of wine? I found a group in the UK that offered to do so (after taking a look to see if it met some standards and providing a quote) if I sent a bottle to them, but I have no idea how to mail it safely from Nigeria over there (plus I don't think my dad wants to part with a bottle, even for the quoted price). I knew he should have let me take one when I was leaving a few months back...

* I'll provide the name of the group when I get in the office in the morning.

 

[Fade to Black]

I've drank a couple 100 point wines in my lifetime...it tasted alright compared to some shittier house wines i've tried, but i'm sure its magic was lost on wine tastebuds as undeveloped as mine. My parents are huge wine aficionados but i've never been able to get into it.

 

[entropy kid]

This is a slight shift from the original topic, but how often do you end up buying a wine, storing it for a couple of years and then you start to feel that it is so valuable that it should only be opened on a special occassion that never arises?

 

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Originally Posted by entropy kid

This is a slight shift from the original topic, but how often do you end up buying a wine, storing it for a couple of years and then you start to feel that it is so valuable that it should only be opened on a special occassion that never arises?

I haven't been cellaring wine long enough to have this happen, but I have bought some bottles with the intent to store and age that I'm sure I'll feel this when the time comes. I do have a couple of bottles that were given me that I already feel this way about.

 

[Joseph K. Bank]

Is it better to freeze wine if you are going to store it for a long period of time?

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by entropy kid

This is a slight shift from the original topic, but how often do you end up buying a wine, storing it for a couple of years and then you start to feel that it is so valuable that it should only be opened on a special occassion that never arises?

I can't think of any wines that could be stored for just "a couple of years" that would become so valuable as to not being able to drink it. It would probably have had an insane price at release to have an insane price just a few years down the road, like ScrEagle for instance, or a bunch of the dRCs.

 

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Originally Posted by Joseph K. Bank

Is it better to freeze wine if you are going to store it for a long period of time?

I believe this would much damage the wine.