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Revisiting your "sentimental favorite" wines...

BRRBRRMember
I'm sure this has been discussed in some way, shape or form on these boards before, but I searched and couldn't find it.

Every so often, I like to purposefully pull out a bottle or two that is more of a sentimental favorite and not necessarily, if graded in a vacuum only on the wine's merits, the best wine. They always bring back great memories and I always enjoy them for that reason exactly. Good wine, great memories - a real sentimental favorite.

What are yours? Most recently, I popped a 1998 L'Ecole Apogee Pepper Bridge Vineyard for such a reason. This is one of those that was special, but was/is also a great wine (albeit slightly over the hill). I enjoyed my first bottle on the patio of my "hut" in Yelapa, Mexico with my girlfriend, now wife. I had schlepped that damn thing the entire way there and it was awesome. L'Eecole was also one of the first wineries of which I was truly in awe, and I can remember my dad and grandfather both pulling out older bottles that were "legendary" in my memory.

Feel free to share your sentimental favorites!
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sd-wineauxsd-wineauxMember
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Originally posted by Board-O:
I guess the 1966 Chateau Lafite Rothschild. It's the first great wine my wife and I ever had. I bought 6 or 7 of them and have 1 or 2 left. I remember what it wow wine it was for us and I'll be sad to see the last one go.

What, no love for the Lancers? Smile

I snuck a bottle of Lancers to the beach after my senior prom. If I opened a bottle, it could certainly qualify as a sentimental favorite. Assuming I could choke it down!
M mountainmanMember
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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc (vintage, obviously, doesn't matter). First bottle of wine I ordered at a dinner with DnVsMom when we were first dating. It has been awhile, but it certainly brings back the memories for us.

That's funny because the first thing I thought of was Ferrari Carano chardonnay as that was the first bottle I shared with my future wife. We still open the Fume Blanc a lot.
mneeley490mneeley490Member
1998 Leasingham Bin 61 Shiraz. I've opened this many times for friends who said they didn't like shiraz or Oz wines in general. It made believers of all of them. I think I still have one left.

On the complete opposite side of the equation: '03 Z Zinfandel. Had too much of this one night in Puerto Vallarta, and got into a fight with my lifelong best friend over religion, a topic I normally stay far away from. We hardly spoke for about a year. We have since patched things up, but it will never be the same.
BRRBRRMember
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
On the complete opposite side of the equation: '03 Z Zinfandel. Had too much of this one night in Puerto Vallarta, and got into a fight with my lifelong best friend over religion, a topic I normally stay far away from. We hardly spoke for about a year. We have since patched things up, but it will never be the same.


Religion? You Zinner! Sorry, mneeley490, I couldn't resist. Razz
W wine+artMember
I have been very fortunate to enjoy many of the finest wines in the world over the past 25+ years, and several that were indeed, sentimental.

If I can only pick one, then the 1982 Mouton Rothschild is my selection. This is the wine my wife selected for us to celebrate her 10 year anniversary of being cancer free. I still have the empty bottle.
glennkglennkMember
95 Krug was the bottle we opened when I asked Mrs. Glennk to marry me. That wine will always bring back great memories. We have been lucky enough to have it a few times since and it has always shown well.

83 Talbot. This was enjoyed with gkapoor and caused us both to really get into Bordeaux and wine in general. 5 years and a lot of money later, I say we have explored wine a bit!
I icewinoMember
1990 Dom Perignon Oenotheque was what we drank in the limo after our wedding on the ride to the reception. Bought enough to have one every few years and it always brings back great memories.

Not quite as good but not bad are Caymus Conundrum and Mer Soleil Chardonnay. Great memories also from part of our honeymoon on a cruise.

Not so great but it's was the frist bottle we shared while dating and not really into wine was Bertani Due Uve at a little italian restaurant. We try it every once in a while now and it goes from very good to pretty bad depending on the vintage.
N nolaneMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
I have been very fortunate to enjoy many of the finest wines in the world over the past 25+ years, and several that were indeed, sentimental.

If I can only pick one, then the 1982 Mouton Rothschild is my selection. This is the wine my wife selected for us to celebrate her 10 year anniversary of being cancer free. I still have the empty bottle.
The story of this wine (leading up to it and well after it) is one of the greatest stories I've heard, surely.

You are a gifted storyteller, though.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by NolanE:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
I have been very fortunate to enjoy many of the finest wines in the world over the past 25+ years, and several that were indeed, sentimental.

If I can only pick one, then the 1982 Mouton Rothschild is my selection. This is the wine my wife selected for us to celebrate her 10 year anniversary of being cancer free. I still have the empty bottle.
The story of this wine (leading up to it and well after it) is one of the greatest stories I've heard, surely.

You are a gifted storyteller, though.


Young Nolan, the other wines we enjoyed this night were somewhat special also. Wink
P primordialsoupMember
Funny how we hold on to fond memories of a wine (great or otherwise) and moment (often great). Their combination can be unforgettable.

Some that have been imprinted on me are the 2001 Justin Cab (my "Ah-Ha!" moment), and a bottle of Chateau De Pez (a mid to late 1990's vintage) which was shared with my soon-to-be fiance at a French bistro, now closed Frown, in NYC before a show and an overall great evening (one in which I knew it was time to look for a ring). We have had Ch. De Pez a few times since and have been disappointed in the wine's performance, but not the memories it invokes.

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