Salut/Hi GARY DAVIES,

le/on 24 Apr 2004 09:36:32 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

>I have come across some old bottles of wine.Can anyone tell me if
>they are valuable.
>There are 2 bottles of Chateau Latour:Appellation Pauillac and the
>date is 1959

What a _pity_ it isn't Ch Mouton-Rothschild. That's about the best red I've
ever drunk. '59 was a very great year, but is getting old now. The 1st
growth Latour '59 could be a truly phenomenal bottle. It all depends upon
how it was stored. If you don't know, and can't guarantee good "provenance"
you may be able to sell them but for much less.

>Then there is a bottle of Lafitte-Rothschild Appellation Pauillac
>Date 1962

'62 was an excellent year, and would have had a wonderful reputation had it
not been preceded by 1961, which is a vintage of myth. Lafite-Rothschild as
another 1st growth but I suspect this would be a little over the top. check
on Christie's web site to get an idea of the value of these wines.

>There is also a 1969 bottle of Domaine Jacques Prieur Appellation
>Puligny-Montrachet.But as it is a white wine does that mean it has no
>value?

No, it doesn't mean that. 1969 was a very great year in Burgundy, and white
burgundies keep a long time. Domaine Jacques Prieur is a top notch producer.
So far so good. However, it's a village wine, not one from a specific great
vineyard, so may not have survived as well as if it had been. I'd call this
one a "pig in a poke". It might be dead, or it might be wonderful. I don't
think it's valueless, though I'd not expect it to fetch anything like as
much as the stellar Latour and the wonderful (in its day) Lafite.

You've got some fascinating drinking ahead of you... it would be TOO sad to
sell them.

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