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Anders Tørneskog
 
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Hi Nils!
you may want to try http://www.wein48.de/raritaet.html
Anders

"Nils Gustaf Lindgren" > skrev i melding
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> "Michael Pronay" > skrev i meddelandet
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>> "Nils Gustaf Lindgren" > wrote:
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>>> One of our youngsters was born 1975, so turns a ripe and mellow
>>> 30 this summer. I have started to find wines from that year -
>>> port is a natural as it was declared vintage by many of the good
>>> producers, and our own hawker stocks some in their treasure
>>> chest. However, apart from first growth Haut Medocs and Petrus,
>>> which wines are still alive and drinkable today?

>>
>> Léoville-L.C., Pichon-Lalande (the only vintage vinified by Michel
>> Delon of LLC, btw), Ducru, Latour.
>>
>>> I would hazard some Bourg reds,

>>
>> Hands off! Totally rotten vintage. Even DRCs undrinkable.
>>
>>> perhaps some Mosel Rieslings,

>>
>> Yes!

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>
> Good. Now, where do I find some old Rieslings? For Bordeaux, I try to hang
> out on the iDealWine.com (usually losing the bids to somebody present in
> the auction hall, which, I might add, has saved me considerable sums so
> far), but where are the old Germans? Anything similar on a .de web site?
>
> Cheers
>
> Nils Gustaf
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