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Pastimes : Wine You Can Enjoy @ Under $20
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To: MoneyPenny who wrote (491)12/21/2006 7:45:31 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 1277
 
I am in a somewhat similar conundrum.

A friend gave me a bottle of a St. Emilion from her deceased father's collection. The label is a mess, but I have been able to determine that it is a Destieux Grand Cru. The year is impossible to read.

The label is black. A bit of very cursory research indicates that Destieux used white labels until perhaps 1988 but also used black labels in that year. Her father died in 1993, so the wine is probably a 1988-1993 vintage. He was very knowledgeable. I've had incredible wines from his collection, wines such a 1991 Lynch Bages and a 1989 Cote du Rhone, a Rotie, if I recall correctly, which was the single most memorable wine I've ever had. Anything from his collection is likely to be superb.

If the label is too damaged to show it, is there any other way to determine the vintage year? Any thoughts on Destieux? I rarely drink Bordeauxs so my fund of knowledge is tiny.
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