A bottle recently fell into my hands--a 1982 Fleurie La Madone, Prosper
Maufoux Burgundy. Does anyone think this can still be drinkable? The
various vintage charts I have, both on paper and online, are divided on the
subject.

It was stuck in the back of an upstairs small house bedroom closet in
Cincinnati. The recipient doesn't drink, and received it as a present in
1985 or so. He put the bottle where he couldn't notice it.

cutecat wrote:
> A bottle recently fell into my hands--a 1982 Fleurie La Madone, Prosper
> Maufoux Burgundy. Does anyone think this can still be drinkable? The
> various vintage charts I have, both on paper and online, are divided on the
> subject.
>
> It was stuck in the back of an upstairs small house bedroom closet in
> Cincinnati. The recipient doesn't drink, and received it as a present in
> 1985 or so. He put the bottle where he couldn't notice it.
>
>

If it had been ideally stored and produced by a top-flight producer, it
could still be good. Under the circumstances, OTOH, it's likely to be
swill at this point (but, as is often said here, won't kill you to try).

Mark Lipton

cutecat wrote:
> A bottle recently fell into my hands--a 1982 Fleurie La Madone, Prosper
> Maufoux Burgundy. Does anyone think this can still be drinkable? The
> various vintage charts I have, both on paper and online, are divided on the
> subject.
>
> It was stuck in the back of an upstairs small house bedroom closet in
> Cincinnati. The recipient doesn't drink, and received it as a present in
> 1985 or so. He put the bottle where he couldn't notice it.
>
>

If it had been ideally stored and produced by a top-flight producer, it
could still be good. Under the circumstances, OTOH, it's likely to be
swill at this point (but, as is often said here, won't kill you to try).

Mark Lipton