After that, its more difficult. There would appear to be some wines from before 1700 which are still drinkable and still in their cask/barrels. I'm not sure if wine drawn from these casks and then bottled counts. There seem to be several different bottled contenders from the 1770's and beyond. I've not listed anything after 1800.
Year | Where | Which wine | |
350 | Pfalz Historical Musuem | Germany | Buried with a Roman noble |
1472 | La Cave Historique des Hospices de Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Still in barrel |
1653 | Town hall, Bremen | Germany | Still in cask |
1727 | Graycliff Hotel | Bahamas | Rudesheimer Apostelwein from Bremen Ratsfeller. Bottled in 1950s |
1775 | ?? | ?? | Massandra |
1787 | ?? | ?? | Château d’Yquem |
1787 | former U.S President, Thomas Jefferson | ?? | Chateau Lafite |
1787 | ?? | ?? | Chateau Margaux |
1788 | Baltic Seabed, Aland | Aland, Finland | Clicquot, Juglar, Heidsieck Champagne |
An assortment of links for these:
http://www.museum.speyer.de/English/Permanent_exhibitions/Weinmuseum_The_Wine_Museum_.htm
http://www.strasbourg.info/sights/wine-cellar/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_of_Bremen
http://www.finestandrarest.com/german.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10673322
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