Poll: Oldest wine we've tasted

Thanks everyone for participating! We've got enough responses here for some decent statistics. I'd like to encourage anyone who has participated to do so - I think everyone is finding this as informative and interesting.

Is that a kind of Poisson distribution?

[James Roscoe]

I tasted that '25 sauternes. I believe it was a Doissy Verdines, but I could be mistaken.

Is that a kind of Poisson distribution?

I've been musing on this, and it's not obvious to me what kind of distribution it should be. Poisson should describe only the responses in each bin. One usually expects a Gaussian, and perhaps that would be the limiting case if you polled the general population. The results here are very ad hoc, but you can still define a mode, median, and mean. Perhaps a cumulative distribution might tell us more . . . . perhaps I'll try that a bit later on.

On another note, this is my 1000th post! Don't know if I should view that as an accomplishment, or a warning . . . .

1815 Port, labelled "Waterloo" for obvious reasons, English shipper (Avery's, I believe), reconditioned and certified with attendant documents, drunk in 1995 at the ripe age of 180 years. A very delicate tawny in style, but still very much alive, and a lovely drink. Purchased from Morrell's auction in 1994.

I tasted that '25 sauternes. I believe it was a Doissy Verdines, but I could be mistaken.

Close, it was actually a 1925 Ch. Doisy (no modifier, as back then it was all one vineyard). Indeed dried out, but still a great waxy mouthfeel and very long finish.
I brought it to the Bordeaux 5*5 MoCool (actually the pre-party) - it was the obvious choice(and my last bottle)!

I tasted that '25 sauternes. I believe it was a Doissy Verdines, but I could be mistaken.

Close, it was actually a 1925 Ch. Doisy (no modifier, as back then it was all one vineyard). Indeed dried out, but still a great waxy mouthfeel and very long finish.
I brought it to the Bordeaux 5*5 MoCool (actually the pre-party) - it was the obvious choice(and my last bottle)!

Hi Alan,

Thank you for bringing it. I am glad you brought it, because it was one of the most memorable wines of the Bordeaux 5X5 tasting for me. A dry dessert wine is definitely an unusual and interesting experience. As a matter of fact, the 14 year old Vidal icewine I had this past weekend was still quite sweet but I thought I could detect it drying out a bit. as It did not seem quite as sweet as most Ontario icewines that I have tasted that were of recent vintages.

[James Roscoe]

I tasted that '25 sauternes. I believe it was a Doissy Verdines, but I could be mistaken.

Close, it was actually a 1925 Ch. Doisy (no modifier, as back then it was all one vineyard). Indeed dried out, but still a great waxy mouthfeel and very long finish.
I brought it to the Bordeaux 5*5 MoCool (actually the pre-party) - it was the obvious choice(and my last bottle)!

Alan, I want to thank you as well. Really one of my most memorable wines of all-time! A brilliant drink.