wine or single malt that will age well....

[Dupont666]

uncinqsix said:

Dupont666 said:

uncinqsix said:

Dupont666 said:

Plotloss said:

Port is better than either, gift wise.

Got any suggestions then?

+1 for port. I'm going to get my son a bottle of vintage stuff to put away. The port producers don't declare a vintage for every year, so getting one for a particular birth year can be a bit hit and miss. They've just declared a vintage for 2007, but we won't know about 2008 (son's birth year) until next year.

thats a bit of a bugger as its this year that i need to get.

what particular makes are you looking at?

Not sure yet. Churchills make some very nice stuff, but I will most probably go with whatever my friendly (but eccentric) local wine merchant recommends. He hasn't let me down yet...

You could just get a 2007 vintage and not worry too much about the date matching the birth year - that's what I'll do if there isn't an 08 vintage.

churchills 2007 the make of choice?

[Noger]

2008 Bordeaux en-primeur would be an obvious choice. Rates very highly.

Then pay someone like Berry Bros to cellar it for you.

[Bebs]

Dupont666 said:

Plotloss said:

Port is better than either, gift wise.

Got any suggestions then?

Pm me and I'll be happy to send a list of 2007 vintage ports.

[Bebs]

or 2008 wine as suggested.

[uncinqsix]

Bebs said:

Dupont666 said:

Plotloss said:

Port is better than either, gift wise.

Got any suggestions then?

Pm me and I'll be happy to send a list of 2007 vintage ports.

Bebs - do you know when the 2007 vintages are likely to hit the shelves?

[CK_N4S]

Why not a proper bottle of champagne?

Ages well, and more of a chance that it will be to taste at age 18/21

CK

[Bebs]

uncinqsix said:

Bebs said:

Dupont666 said:

Plotloss said:

Port is better than either, gift wise.

Got any suggestions then?

Pm me and I'll be happy to send a list of 2007 vintage ports.

Bebs - do you know when the 2007 vintages are likely to hit the shelves?

Next year - 2 years in cask before bottling and shipping.

[uncinqsix]

Just bought me a bottle of 2007 Vintage Warre's. Now for an agonising 20-year wait

Word is that the 2007 will be a classic vintage, so even though it is the wrong year for my son's birth, I figured that it would be rude not to put one down anyway.