As always with wine-searcher I had to ignore some prices that looked ridiculously low as they normally turn out to be duff data. I also ignored prices for bottles described as having less than perfect ullage/condition.
Here is what I found - apologies for the doted lines but it is the only way I could get the list into some sort of table format.
Vintage........63....66....70....77....85....94....97....00....03
Dow.............85....66....60....43....29....27....26....30....31
Fonseca......120....80....73....55....35....64....28....35....35
Graham......113....65....60....37....36....35....21....36....31
Sandeman....65....64....35....34....17....24....16....25....24
Taylor.........111....80....60....50....34....70....32....40....37
Warre...........64....69....35....42....24....28....25....32....29
1 of Each....558..424...323..261..175...248..148..198..187
The last row shows what you would pay to get a 6 pack containing one of each wine from each vintage - the 77's, 85's and 97's look like very good value against the 03's, especially for current drinking.
Most striking for me is the comparative value of the 66's - would you rather have 6 bottles of 40 year old fabulous wine to drink now or 12-15 bottles of 3 year old wine that will not be "ready" for at least 15 years and has no certainty that it will live up to the quality of any of the 4 vintages from 1963 to 1977?
Food for thought if you want any more 03's - just look at where those 97 prices are going
Derek
