l'evangile94

I don't drink wine and ppl have said that it is a special wine.

According to

your wine *may* have a retail value of around ?500-600.

However, this is dependant on how well this wine has been stored in the years since release, and is not a reflection of what it may realise at auction or private sale.

-- st.helier

That should read 500-600 Euros.

Thanks for the info.... the wine is storaged in wine coolers at 14 degrees celcius. Wich should be the ideal storage temperature...

Actually, 14 C is far warmer than "ideal" (which would be closer to 10 C), but if you can demonstrate that the wines have been stored at a constant 14 C since purchase you should be able to attract interest in them.

Mark Lipton

My interest included. What is 14C in F anyway? I would consider the purchase depending on what 14 translates into.

1994 L'Evangile is one hell of a good 1994 Bordeaux. It is a bit more stern and "classic" than usual for this estate but the wine retains its warm exotic feel to it.

I rank it with Lafite and Lafleur among the finest of the vintage.

Tom.

"Elpaninaro"

Hi Tom, How's winter in Texas?

14C equates to 57.2F.

Original poster was in Denmark IIRC

Agreed, had it at a '94 last night, think it ended up as the crowd favorite (though not mine, though I liked it). Note within a day or two. Dale

Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply

We had it yesterday, as a part of our annual "Ten Years After" tasting, assembling 6 whites and some 65 reds in a one-day blind tasting, and it showed quite well, iirc.

I did not write up the tasting yet (nor did I do the calculus), but in this lineup (without premiers) Palmer was a very, very strong goer, as were the Pichons. In white, Smith Haut Lafitte was by far the best, Domai de Chevalier the most disappointing (Haut Brion and Laville not present).

M.

Salut/Hi Tom,

le/on 09 Jan 2004 02:59:15 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

TOM!!! You disappoint me. The only place left in the world that uses Fahrenheit is the USA. Even if you don't use Centigrade/Celsius on a daily basis you really ought to know (as a reasonably educated human being) how to convert between them. C=(F-32)*5/9 F=(C*9/5)+32.

Our tasting had 14 1994s- Cos, Lafite, Latour, Pichon Lalande, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, La Mission Haut Brion, Haut Brion, Lafleur, Clinet, Trotanoy, l'Evangile, Troplong Mondot, & Clos de l'Oratoire. Will have notes in a couple of days, but will say: Still showing tannic. Group faves (voting was blind) were l'Evangile, Haut Brion, and Latour. All very good, though I liked the Clinet and Barton about as much. Poyferre wins points for showing well against more expensive competition. Lafleur was unfortunately corked, as I've heard it is a good wine for the vintage. The St. Emilions did not show well,and did not just seem closed. I don't have these two, but I have some other '94 St. Emilions (Figeac, Beausejour-Duffau) that I don't have high hopes for. Funny that Pomerol did well overall when St. Emilion didn't (I realize small sample).

Dale

Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply

No, there is one other in SE Asia - Myanmar maybe (I don't have time to google it right now - could be another one of the little tin pot dictatorships - reference to Yes, Minister, not any reflection on the actual political systems of our SE Asian neighbours)

Ian Hoare wrote: : Salut/Hi Tom,

: TOM!!! You disappoint me. The only place left in the world that uses : Fahrenheit is the USA. Even if you don't use Centigrade/Celsius on a daily : basis you really ought to know (as a reasonably educated human being) how to : convert between them. C=(F-32)*5/9 F=(C*9/5)+32.

Ian, c'mon, this is the USofA we are talking about. That is *way* too much math for our swelled heads, taking into account we need to know who's hot and not in Hollywood, what Chinese-made products I can purchase at Walmart,...

Mark S