Best Red Wine 1950
Celebrating 1950 can be incredibly satisfying - if you've got Bill Gates' checkbook. There is no ambiguity, this is a vintage that revolves around the growing region of Pomerol. Make no mistake, you could buy a car for less money than assembling the below group of wines, but you'd rather taste what Merlot can do when blessed by nature. Sadly, all the wines on this list belong on another short list - most counterfeited greats of the past 150 years.
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Why it's best:
This is one of the cult vintages for Chateau Lafleur, and justifiably so. Super exotic fruit is wrapped in a massively constituted testament to the vine. If you can pry a bottle from the clutches of its owner, you will be torn to decide whether to drink thi...read full review
Why it's a best pick:
It is sometimes hard to believe that Petrus is that simple, fruity and easy-to-drink Merlot grape. The 1950 is a monster of a wine with endless layers of fruit and spice. The balance favors more time in the bottle, as hard as that is to believe. This m... read full review
Why it's a best pick:
I've only tasted this wine once, but it was magnificent. Using that bottle as a representative sample, it may well be the greatest secret in the last 100 years of Bordeaux. Unlike the first two wines on the list, it is definitely in the middle of its best drinkin... read full review
Why it's a best pick:
While many other vintages since the 1950 have provided a high level of quality, only the 1961 comes close to the superlative heights achieved by this wine (or more importantly the '47 and '45). Some critics consider the 1950 to be a clone of the great '47. I've n... read full review
Why it's a best pick:
Another Chateau that held to much higher standards in the first half of the century, VCC holds its place as the "value wine" on this list. At a mere $2750 per bottle, this is the little engine that could. Despite great differences in reputation and pric... read full review
