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Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 9:44 pm
by swirler
Bloody cold in NZ isn't it?

Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:23 pm
by Dragzworthy
2015 was my boys birth year and also when I started “buying wine” so apologies in advance for going a tad bananas on EP:
12 x Barde Haut
6 x Batailley
2 x Calon Segur
6 x Canon La Gaffeliere
6 x Chasse Spleen
2 x Domaine de Chevaliere
8 x Clerc Milon
6 x Clos du Marquis
12 x Croix Ducru Beaucaillou
12 x Duhart Milon
1 x Figeac
6 x Fleur Cardinale
12 x Gazin
12 x Giscours
2 x Grand Puy Lacoste
2 x Haut Batailley
12 x D’Issan
4 x Gaffeliere
12 x Latour Martillac Rouge
18 x Labegorce
1 x Latour a Pomerol
6 x Léoville Poyferre
1 x Marquis d’Alesme
1 x Montrose
1 x Mouton Rothschild
12 x Alter Ego de Palmer
1 x Palmer
2 x Pape Clément
6 x Petite Marquis
6 x Pontet-Canet
2 x Prieure Lichine
6 x Rauzan Segla
6 x Rieussec
12 x Siran
2 x Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge
3 x Vieux Chateau Certan
Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 6:03 pm
by conformistpete
A quick count gives you 216 birthyear wines.
That's a bottle a week till he is 22 (from age 18) or 20ish years if you celebrate monthly.
Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:02 pm
by Dragzworthy
conformistpete wrote:A quick count gives you 216 birthyear wines.
That's a bottle a week till he is 22 (from age 18) or 20ish years if you celebrate monthly.
Aye it’s a bit much isn’t it LOL

Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 9:55 pm
by conformistpete
Let's hope he loves BDX.
I'm sure there are worse problems to have than a good stash of aged Bordeaux from a good vintage.
Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:00 pm
by Dragzworthy
conformistpete wrote:Let's hope he loves BDX.
I'm sure there are worse problems to have than a good stash of aged Bordeaux from a good vintage.
aye aye
actually i didnt list the Rhones/Aussies/Italians/Burgundies.........

fair bit of 2015 there
Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:56 am
by Redav
Dragzworthy wrote:Aye it’s a bit much isn’t it LOL

It depends. That's the year of our first girl so if you feel it's a bit much, throw it our way

Re: BIRTH year wines
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 10:13 am
by WineRick
Stuff the Kiddies! I'm getting rebirthed from '54 to 1977 so my friends simply buy me Portuguese VP's for my birthdays!