
Provenance matters – “There are no great old wines, only great old bottles”
A recent anecdote by Wineterminator highlights the importance of Provenance. “Bottle variation can be a nightmare unless you are on the winning side. That is what just happened to me. All my bottles for 1982 La Fleur Petrus were ripe, smooth, and pleasing, never above WT93. But a bottle that I just bought a few years ago coming directly from the domaine was completely different last Sunday. Young, dense, powerful, spicy, meaty, but also gorgeous soft melt – WT96. This was tr