1990 Lafite

Well, it probably won't be as good as it could have been, but robust red wines like it are somewhat less prone to overt heat damage in my experience. So why not give it a shot?

Mark Lipton

It came from the dungeons dpt: A friend of mine told me he had a couple of CH Lafite 1978 or 79, he wasn't sure. Would they be OK to drink now? Full of apprehension I asked him about storage - in the ktichen he said. In the kitchen? Yea. A tale to make old wine geeks blanch and fall silent. He opened them and had a brief sniff of Heaven - that was it. Wines dead as doornails.

Open, but have a spare lined up.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

Winters at -10? You do have heat in the house, yes? :)

I'd open it with subdued expectations. Lafite doesn't have the best reputation of the 1990 firsts, but I thought it pretty good (and very young) when I had a couple years ago. As Mark said, big tannin wines probably stand a little abuse better than others. I doubt it's pristine,but assuming it never got hot enough to compromise cork (no sign of seepage?) I'd expect it to be quite drinkable.

The wine is almost certainly ruined. I think you should give it to me for disposal.