2007 Austrian question

[Jay Miller]

I'll be reorganizing my storage in the near future and wanted to check if I should follow my first impulse and move these to an inaccessible location for 6-15 years? Are they generally shut down yet? Nigl Privat, Steiner Hund and some Pragers.

 

[Salil Benegal]

Bury them deep, and forget about them for some time.

 

[SFJoe]

I think that's fine.

 

[Cliff]

I think Nigl will likely be ready before that -- not that it will fall apart sooner.

 

[Keith Levenberg]

Depends how you like 'em and how many you have. Prager and to a lesser extent Nigl seem to drink just fine in the in-betweensy stage without really closing down, IMO, so I wouldn't want to rule out the possibility of drinking at least some over the next 6 years. Steiner Hund on the other hand can probably safely be assumed to be closed, for whatever that's worth since I've never actually experienced an "open" one.

 

[Cliff]

originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Depends how you like 'em and how many you have. Prager and to a lesser extent Nigl seem to drink just fine in the in-betweensy stage without really closing down, IMO, so I wouldn't want to rule out the possibility of drinking at least some over the next 6 years. Steiner Hund on the other hand can probably safely be assumed to be closed, for whatever that's worth since I've never actually experienced an "open" one.

I think that's right. I have enjoyed some 2004 Nigl recently. My recollection is that '99s and '01s are at least as good as they're going to get.

 

[Yixin]

2007 Privat is fine now, but not showing all it has. I wouldn't touch the Hund. Knoll's basic was very nice a few evenings ago.