At which point of Ullage should one worry when...

[TheEngineer]

I just purchased a couple of bottle of 1976 Mouton Rothschild and one of them is definitely at the mid shoulder point. Should I be worried about this bottle? At which point in general should I be worried with older wines.....they are in general much lower than anything else I have that are of roughly the same age.

[winoweenie]

IMHO it's far more important to know the provenance of the wine than the ullage. I've had wines that were low shoulder from a good cellar that were brilliant and wines from bad cellars that were top shopulder to low neck that were goners. WW

[Innkeeper]

I think it's too low. Pop it soon.

[TheEngineer]

Thanks Gents. Provenance was suppose to be reasonable. Cellar of a former restaurant with a good wine cellar installation..... then again, this could have been the display [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[Bucko]

FWIW, it was not a very good wine to begin with and should have been consumed a decade ago. I'd have a backup bottle.

[TheEngineer]

Thanks much, I will do so! I bought it at an auction a few weeks ago along with a trip of 1975 Clerc Milon....unfortunately sight unseen as I flew back in for this. Next time I'll learn to go to the preview dates.