by Ryan M » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:11 pm
What very little information I was able to find is that there is a modern estate "Il Borro," which is owned by the Ferragamo family, but they purchased the estate in 1993, and there is no information either way on whether they owned any wine estates before then.
78, 82, and 85 are rated as strong years for Tuscany. But only the very best estates could have produced Chianti that would have lasted this long (if it were Brunello, that would be another story). What kind of bottles are they in? If they are in the wicker-basket bottles, you can basically assume they are vinegar. If they are in standard bottles, there is some chance, albeit very small, that they may still be palatable. But, the only way to find out is to open them, so why not try one? It might be very interesting to taste one.
"The sun, with all those planets revolving about it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do"
Galileo Galilei
(avatar: me next to the WIYN 3.5 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory)
