Old bottles of wine

I have come across some old bottles of wine.Can anyone tell me if they are valuable. There are 2 bottles of Chateau Latour:Appellation Pauillac and the date is 1959

Then there is a bottle of Lafitte-Rothschild Appellation Pauillac Date 1962

There is also a 1969 bottle of Domaine Jacques Prieur Appellation Puligny-Montrachet.But as it is a white wine does that mean it has no value?

Gary Davies,Connemara,Ireland

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GARY DAVIES
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snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (GARY DAVIES) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

Best thing to do is invite us all over to check it out ;-)

As with most of these requests for value the first question is going to be how badly abused have these bottles been? How are the levels in the neck of the bottle? Is there any visible leakage? You just might have the makings of a wonderful small party. Open try enjoy or open another (have some backups just in case) Start with the white there might not be anything there, but you'll never know.

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snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (GARY DAVIES) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

If properly stored the '59 Latour is worth a small fortune (about $1,500 each). If improperly stored, probably nothing. Wonderful vinyard, wonderful year. The '62 Lafite is probably worth a couple of hundred dollars with the same warning about storage. Wonderful vinyard, so-so year. I don't know anything about the white. If there is any doubt about storage you should open them at a nice dinner and see if they are any good. They will either be fantastic or undrinkable.

Fred.

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Fred

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The reads will be good not to say excellent. The 62 perhaps a bit old. The white one will be very excellent. A beautiful year. When stocked well no problem. The price ???? Taste it and make an estimation Greatings Peter

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Peter v B

Salut/Hi GARY DAVIES,

le/on 24 Apr 2004 09:36:32 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

What a _pity_ it isn't Ch Mouton-Rothschild. That's about the best red I've ever drunk. '59 was a very great year, but is getting old now. The 1st growth Latour '59 could be a truly phenomenal bottle. It all depends upon how it was stored. If you don't know, and can't guarantee good "provenance" you may be able to sell them but for much less.

'62 was an excellent year, and would have had a wonderful reputation had it not been preceded by 1961, which is a vintage of myth. Lafite-Rothschild as another 1st growth but I suspect this would be a little over the top. check on Christie's web site to get an idea of the value of these wines.

No, it doesn't mean that. 1969 was a very great year in Burgundy, and white burgundies keep a long time. Domaine Jacques Prieur is a top notch producer. So far so good. However, it's a village wine, not one from a specific great vineyard, so may not have survived as well as if it had been. I'd call this one a "pig in a poke". It might be dead, or it might be wonderful. I don't think it's valueless, though I'd not expect it to fetch anything like as much as the stellar Latour and the wonderful (in its day) Lafite.

You've got some fascinating drinking ahead of you... it would be TOO sad to sell them.

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Ian Hoare

Depends on cellaring, of course.

I had the 59 Montrose and 59 Margaux 3 or 4 years ago - magnificent!

62 Lafite is getting on a bit - the Latour is magnifique!
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Bill Spohn

Salut/Hi Bill Spohn,

le/on 24 Apr 2004 22:07:11 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

Of course.

Sigh... BIG sigh.

over the top.

Thanks for amplifying.

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Ian Hoare

Thanks to you all.I am sorry to disappoint you but I will surely be looking to sell these bottles as I am not an oenophile to that extent!

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GARY DAVIES

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