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Birth Year Wines?


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This is something I've been meaning to ask for a while, but never got around to doing so.

I'd like to purchase some birth year wines for my two daughters, but don't really know the first thing about collecting and storing wine for more than a few years, much less a few decades. The birth years are 2009 and 2011, so where would I begin looking? I've checked a few vintage charts, and know that 2009 was supposedly a very good year in Bordeaux, which is since my oldest daughter's name is a variation of Margaux. But would only a higher end bottle last 20+ years? I've seen 2nd and 3rd growth Margaux with a drinking window closer to 10-15 years, which would come in handy for her Bat Mitzvah but not her 21st birthday.

Does anyone else here do this? Any rules of thumb you'd recommend?

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