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Fred[_2_]

"Bill S." > wrote in news:d6ec42d5-4cb8-4f08-ba5e-
:

> The 1970 Palmer is one of my favourite wines from the vintage, along
> with Latour and Montrose.
>
> Unfortunately I have noted a tendency for it starting to break up over
> the last few years unless cellared impeccably. It would be a bit
> dodgy buying it now unless you were very careful about provenance.
> Bottles properly cellared are, as you noted, good to excellent. It
> will not get any better, so saving it long term isn't likely to be a
> happy experience anyway.

I went to a tasting in 1998 that had, among others, the 70 Montrose, Latour
and Palmer. The first two were amazing, but the Palmer was corked. They
didn't have another bottle to substitute.

Fred.