Hi all,

The plumber renovating our shower room has revealed that he has
some old bottles to unload. I suggested he drink them, but he's
not interested as he doesn't like wine very much. He received the
bottles as a gift from a parisian client many years ago, they were
kept in cool storage (I believe, anyway) their whole life.

Most of it is uninteresting, although there is a '75 Dom that
might be quite good. Still, I thought I might make a per bottle
offer; but I'm not sure what would be fair. I'll exclude the Dom,
BTW, and offer separately for that, perhaps.

So, most of it is 2/3 bottle lots of Ch. Victoria and its sister
Ch. Bourdieu. Years are '61, '66, '70, '75. There are a few
misc bottles of "Ch. Chevillette" and "Ch. de la Rochette" to
which I find no reference. Also, some '89 Canon-Fronsac,
'52 St Emilion, and '71 Pommard, all producer unknown, as
he didn't think to write it down.

Obviously all fairly undistinguished and quite probably dead,
but I thought it might be a fun risk as the vintages are strong
and the storage a priori good.

I'd probably try a bottle first at any rate, but what do folks
think a fair offer might be? I was pondering the range of
5 - 8 EU, but I'm really not sure.

Thanks,

-E

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:08:10 +0100
Mike Tommasi wrote:

] Emery Davis wrote:
] Hi all,
]
] The plumber renovating our shower room has revealed that he has
] some old bottles to unload. I suggested he drink them, but he's
] not interested as he doesn't like wine very much. He received the
] bottles as a gift from a parisian client many years ago, they were
] kept in cool storage (I believe, anyway) their whole life.
]
] Plumbers in this country have a remarkable standard of living. He was
] probably unloading stuff in order to make room for his deliveries of top
] ranking Bordeaux chateaux... Meanwhile us engineers have to make di
] with Alsace and Loire... ;-)))
]

Tell me about it... I also suggested he get some friends together
and open the bottles (and surprise someone with the Dom) but
he didn't like that idea at all. Maybe not too many friends, eh?

Do you have an idea what I ought to offer, Mike?

-E

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