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bottle for a newborn

Friends in France just had a newborn and I was thinking about sending a bottle from current vintage as a gift the tyke can open up when, god willing, she reaches imbibing age - but i've got a couple of questions:

1) I figured I'd send a california or other domestic bottle (she'll undoubtedly be getting a few french bottles - so this will lend a little variety)....alas, i no longer partake of the fruit of the vine, so i was wondering if someone would be kind enough to recommend something that would be a good candidate for laying down for the better part of a couple of decades.

2) Forgive the ignorance, but apart from personally delivering it - is it possible to ship a single bottle of wine from US to France without risking breakage and/or running into customs or other complications?

3) Perhaps I would be better off searching for an online wine shop in france or elsewhere in the EU (assuming such a thing exists over there) and buying something that way (i assume they'll have some california or other US wines)...

Okay - that's more than enough....thanks!

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reeltyme2002
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Considering that the tyke will likely receive some nice Bdx and Burgs, a Cal Cab for the US sounds like a likely candidate. One that comes immediately to mind would be the Diamond Creek offerings, Gravelly Meadow, Red Rock Terrace, Volcanic Hill and the Lake, when produced. You will, of course, not be able to purchase the vintage to match the birth year (say 2006), until a few years down the road, when it is released. Having had the opportunity to sample all of these, except the Lake, with about 30 years of age, and good storage, I can state that they are likely to hold up for 21 years and drink nicely. Storage would be a question, but that would hold true with almost any wine. There are others, and I use this one based on experience and availability.

When R Mondavi's winery turned 30, we had a retrospective tasting of all of their Cabs, mostly the Reserves (exception was that the '85 & '86 IIRC were absent). Going back into the '60's vintages, the wines were excellent and still drinking well.

Hunt

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Hunt

snipped-for-privacy@hunt.com (Hunt) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news2.newsguy.com:

I can state

Actually "imbibing" age in France is conswiderably less than 21 years IIRC there are no restrictions on drinking in the home and when with parents. Drinking of wine in restaurants unaccompanied is stil more like 15-16 or possibly 14.

Reply to
Joseph Coulter

Good thing to know, when suggesting "birth year" wines for an infant.

Thanks, Hunt

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Hunt

Why not give a good bottle of something that won't be found much in Europe, like a Zinfandel??

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Ronin

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