Sherry - age limit?

[ChemicalChaos]

Hi all,

My girlfriend's grandma has just gifted us a couple of bottles of Crofts as she "doesn't drink it any more". Although both bottles are sealed, they are both of indeterminate age as she has had then "for a good few years".

Bottle one is the current shape and design of label, but appears very slightly cloudy inside when held up to the light.

Bottle 2 looks much older, it has a green label with white text and a black border. This one has definite sediment/bits in it when held up to the light.

The question is, will either of them be OK to drink? Does sherry go off over time at all? Is the older one in fact an antique worth more unopened?

Thanks in advance!

[LeadFarmer]

Age limit for sherry? I think you need to be at least 75yrs old.

[condor]

You'll have to open a bottle and try it. Probably best to have it as a long drink with lemonade as the 3/4 top up mixer.

[sherman]

You should get your christmas cake cooked. Drizzle it with the sherry every couple of weeks until christmas time.
Maybe have a trifle too.

[rdjohn]

My feeling is that it will be fine provided that you carefully decant and aerate it.

Fortified wines are durable, it is why they were originally fortified for shipping in the first place.

[Smiler.]

I was referring to the original vintage on which the sherry is based, sir. 1851, unmistakable.

[generationx]

I started at about ten years old.








Oh, I see what you mean

[Stick Legs]

I started drinking sherry a couple of years ago, Mrs.Me gave me some 1960's vintage crystal sherry glasses.

It'll be the new gin in 5 years I tell ya!

[oddman]

Stick Legs said:

I started drinking sherry a couple of years ago, Mrs.Me gave me some 1960's vintage crystal sherry glasses.

It'll be the new gin in 5 years I tell ya!

I hope not Decent sherry is one of the great bargains of the wine world. I'm a great fan of gin but a nice dry sherry with some olives or almonds is hard to beat.

[sherman]

oddman said:

I hope not Decent sherry is one of the great bargains of the wine world. I'm a great fan of gin but a nice dry sherry with some olives or almonds is hard to beat.

I prefer a nice Pedro Ximenez.

[oddman]

sherman said:

I prefer a nice Pedro Ximenez.

Pour it over good vanilla ice cream

[sherman]

oddman said:

sherman said:

I prefer a nice Pedro Ximenez.

Pour it over good vanilla ice cream

Oohh that sounds good.

I do like it with some vintage cheddar.

[21st Century Man]

I like two parts cheap sherry to one part cheap calvados.

[Mobile Chicane]

Wait.

ChemicalChaos has a girlfriend?

[soad]

Mobile Chicane said:

Wait.

ChemicalChaos has a girlfriend?

Lucky boy.