Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: Dusty bottles

On request, but I forget by whom - please remind me!! First of two uploads with a few of my 'special wines' acquired over the years and it doesn't mean I was ever 'Money Bags'. As the lighting wasn't great in the kitchen at night (I should have waited till morning but there's always too much hustle and bustle in the kitchen at that time. I'll give brief summaries of these wines L to R starting with the iconic ºººChâteau d'Yquem 1990. The World's greatest dessert wine. ºººChâteau Chasse Spleen 1995, Not a classed growth but I include it as it always served me well. ºººChâteau Léoville Las Cases 1990. A famous St. Julien claret. I feel like opening it on my 65th birthday shortly. LATER ADDITION. I DRANK IT ON MY BIRTHDAY AND WAS BLOWN AWAY!" ºººA Mascarello Barolo 99. Famous, and may just about be ready to drink! ºººA Gaja Barolo Sperrs 1988 (about the most famous wine producer in Italy and prices now to match. A little more reasonable when I bought this!). ºººA Corsini Barbaresco 2007; Looking forward to this one!

Poor lighting in the kitchen and I could have waited for daylight but someone asked me to show some of my specials wines so I post 2 photos today. It's not always easy to read the labels so here goes (a summary) L to R: Penfolds Grange 1999 - Australia's most iconic red and a recognised 'trophy wine'. Viña Tondonia white Rioja 1981. An extraordinary wine. I once drank a glass from a bottle that had been left open after a wine tasting three months earlier and still sublime! Château Pouilly, Pouilly Fuissé, 2009. Maybe too old but hope not and will open it soon. UPDATE, HAD IT LAST NIGHT WITH TROUT AND ALMONDS - A PERFECT MATCH! Vega Sicila Unico 1990. Spain's most famous wine and another 'trophy wine'. A 1973 was one of the two greatest wines I've ever tasted (the other being a half-bottle of La Mission Haut-Brion 1963 on my 30th birthday. I've still got the empty bottle and might show it one day. Château Mouton-Rothschild 1998. I'm looking firward to my first tsting of a 1st class growth Pauillac, Bordeaux at some future date. It goes without saying that this is another so-called trophy wine! Obviously not everyday drinking!