What Unopened Bottle Have You Had in Your Cellar the Longest?

[Al B.]

I was organising some bottles in my cellar this afternoon, taking bottles on this year’s drinking list out of part empty cases.

It was a bit of a surprise when I took this out of a case of Vesuvio 1990. I didn’t know I had any of these bottles left. This is probably the bottle of Port that I’ve owned for the longest - slightly more than half my lifetime!

[Glenn E.]

Mine hasn't changed! From the old thread:

I have a 1977 Royal Oporto VP and a 1970 Martinez VP that were purchased at the same time. I don't remember exactly when off the top of my head, but they were among the first bottles of VP that I bought over the internet and the purchase was probably in 2007 or 2008.

At this point I may never drink these 2 bottles. Just... because. I have much nicer Port to drink now, so keeping these as memories or souvenirs of an earlier time is more fun than actually drinking them.

I also still have at least a couple of bottles of 1997 (? might be 1994) Broadbent VP that I bought from Roy. If I remember the story correctly, they were supposed to go to Moses but those 2 never got together to exchange them, so I took them off his hands instead. Those also would have been very early in my Port drinking, so probably 2007 or 2008.

[Moses Botbol]

Shooting from the hip it would a Fonseca commemorative bottle for Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spenser's wedding.

[Edward J]

We have only been building our cellar since 2015. Several bottles remain from my first purchases that year. The most memorable ones that are still in the cellar are a few bottles of 1970 Dow's and 1970 Fonseca. I can report that the Fonseca is drinking wonderfully and it seems it could live forever.