fair value of old cru bourgeois

Hi all,

The plumber renovating our shower room has revealed that he has some old bottles to unload. I suggested he drink them, but he's not interested as he doesn't like wine very much. He received the bottles as a gift from a parisian client many years ago, they were kept in cool storage (I believe, anyway) their whole life.

Most of it is uninteresting, although there is a '75 Dom that might be quite good. Still, I thought I might make a per bottle offer; but I'm not sure what would be fair. I'll exclude the Dom, BTW, and offer separately for that, perhaps.

So, most of it is 2-3 bottle lots of Ch. Victoria and its sister Ch. Bourdieu. Years are '61, '66, '70, '75. There are a few misc bottles of "Ch. Chevillette" and "Ch. de la Rochette" to which I find no reference. Also, some '89 Canon-Fronsac, '52 St Emilion, and '71 Pommard, all producer unknown, as he didn't think to write it down.

Obviously all fairly undistinguished and quite probably dead, but I thought it might be a fun risk as the vintages are strong and the storage a priori good.

I'd probably try a bottle first at any rate, but what do folks think a fair offer might be? I was pondering the range of 5 - 8 EU, but I'm really not sure.

Thanks,

-E

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