New to Collecting Vintage Wines

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Sharktanq,

I'm quite familiar with Concannon. There are really no vintage charts that will help you with Livermore Valley wines. Wines made from LV grapes are a bit out of the norm to be tracked on vintage charts. Anyway, that Petite Sirah should last a long time (if they're still making it in their traditional style). I had a 1980 two years ago that could have waited another few years. Somehow, Concannon's PS lasts a really long time (but no guarantees, of course). I believe everything else may be very close to prime drinking time (the 85 Cab may be very, very close). I lived in Livermore for a number of years, and much has changed since I left. Concannon lost Sergio Traverso as a winemaker and Carolyn Wente extended her tentacles and bought them out. I would say that anything pre 1983 is a pretty good bet from Concannon, but you have to ask yourself why they still have 1985 Cab still available for tasting and sale.