11/17/19, 2:45 PM - Yes. I'm sure it will last that long. The 2010 is more backward.
5/27/18, 6:50 PM - The last 3 bts from the case were full pre-moxed. Dark yellow, smell and taste of rancid cider. Such a shame.
1/17/16, 11:54 AM - Dave, for good value in Cabernet I would look to Chile and Washington more so than California.
9/17/15, 1:09 PM - How to decode the approximate disgorgement date from a bottle of Bollinger (any cuvee)1. On each bottle there is a lot number that is normally found printed on the neck foil of the bottle2. This code will have the following pattern: L###### where # represents a number3. These numbers correlate to the following LYDDDBB (L412604) where:• Y is the last digit in the year; 4 for 2004• DDD is the day of the year; 126 for the 126th day of the year (early May)• BB is the batch number for the day; 04 for the 4th batch of the day• This bottle L412604 was disgorged between January and May of 2004So why isn’t this the actual disgorgement date? Bollinger actually uses this code to trace the labeling date of the bottle, but it will get you within 3 months of the disgorgement date (meaning the bottles are labeled up to 3 months after disgorgement).
9/17/15, 1:09 PM - M. 49. Hope this helps.
9/18/15, 6:44 AM - Thanks but I can't take credit for that. Several years ago I asked Brad Baker of Champagne Warrior the same question and that was his reply. I pasted it into "Private notes" on my Bolli Sp Cuv page.
9/24/15, 8:33 AM - Dave, please check that number again. L4110045 would be 2041, 100th day, 45th lot of that day. I'm looking at my most recent bottle, purchased earlier this year and it is L 1416101 or 2014, June 10, Lot 1. And, yes, an extra digit was added starting in 2011 IIRC. If you do have a bottle disgourged in 2004 is would be in need of drinking IMHO.
9/25/15, 8:16 AM - I don't know Krug's date system. Best to PM Brad Baker on Wine Berserkers. He 'da man!
5/25/15, 1:10 PM - WTF!
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