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Hello - I acquired a dozen + bottles of wine from an estate sale. They date from the 60's and 70's, are from Italy, Spain, and France, were stored in the owner's basement, and all seals are intact (except that some seals do have mildew stains). We opened up two bottles of Papillon red assuming these were of lesser quality and found they were bad. Bad, in that the color was muddy, taste was, well, yucky. So, our question is: what should we do with the rest of them? A bit of research showed us that some of the bottles are of finer vintages. Could they be ok? Can wines last this long? Would they be of any value? I can provide the names/years & photos if needed. Thanks for your help!


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it depends. some wines are really built to last, but most are not. don't throw anything away! make a quick list of what they are and send them to adamverona@yahoo.com

 

you may have a few hidden gems! 


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The best thing to do is probably to sacrifice one of the better bottles and open it to test the quality. If one of the better bottles held up to the conditions, than perhaps many of the others did as well. If you find that the better bottle is as damaged as the Papillon you tested, you can safely assume that the others are all bad. The ones with mildew around the seal would not be worth consuming as wine is a living organism and mildew or mold is not a good sign.

For more information on storing safely and to infer about what the conditions were in the cellar these came from visit our education center and particularly the enemies of wine page here: http://education.vigilantinc.com/residential/wine-storage-enemies.asp


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