1966 Grand Vin de Chateau Latour

[newsguy]

hi, and welcome to the board. some people here with more knowledge of aged bordeaux will hopefully chime in, but...

...i'm not sure where you saw this bottling being sold for $1,500; it is available at a fine, reputable wine shop in los angeles for $455. and the '66 latour grand vin is a classic wine (robert parker gave it 96 points and called it the wine of the vintage) -- if it has been stored *perfectly* over the past 35 years. if you only know that it has been in a "cool basement" for years, my guess is this wine could easily have gone past its peak and far into decline. if you try to sell this, any potential buyer is going to want to know exactly how the wine has been stored since its release and i seriously doubt you're going to find any takers at a price that you'd like. that's my long way of saying, drink it with a nice roasted chicken dinner and hope for the best. you *could* have a great bottle there.

[This message has been edited by newsguy (edited 12-13-2005).]