On Apr 25, 1:16*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> On 4/25/12 3:00 PM, Bi!! wrote:
>
> >>> I quit Bordeaux in 2005. *Figured I could get more bang for my buck
> >>> elsewhere and at age 60 I wasn't going to each maturity with my
> >>> bottles anyway.
>
> >> I'm with you here. Not buying any wines that need 20 years of age as I
> >> may never drink them.- Hide quoted text -
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> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > I guess that's the wine geeks way of saying don't buy green bananas!
>
> Not that I'm trying to dissuade either of you, but when I look at my CT
> data, I find that the _latest_ start date for a drinking window of any
> of the wines in my cellar is 2020 (for, of all things, a 2007 Stony
> Hills Chardonnay!). *That means that all of the wines I now own will be
> drinkable (according to CT, which usually underestimates readiness to my
> tastes) before I turn 65 -- even my Dunn Howell Mountains! ;-) *Unless
> one is buying old school Barolo or Madiran or First Growth Bordeaux
> (bringing this thread full circle) I don't see many wines that wouldn't
> be approachable at the very least in 5 years' time. *Now, the bang for
> the buck argument I understand all too well.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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Well 2020 is only pushing it a tad but the price points still are
daunting. Can do better elsewhere even in France than these.