Nov 22 2009, 03:03 PM
QUOTE(etigge @ Nov 22 2009, 02:53 PM)
I think cognac has no vintage value unlike wine. Those you mentioned are mostly cognacs and they do not aged like wines. I doubt they are labelled vintage. Wines are valued by the year they are produced. Sometimes the grape harvesting is good or bad and that determines the value. For example when I was in Langkawi in 1997, I bought a few bottles of 96 merlots for RM40 each and now they are selling for almost RM280 per bottle and it is getting scarce.
That's why you don't have cognacs bottled with year on the label.
Anyone out there can clarify ?
Nope, you're very wrong in this case. In many cases, vintage Cognacs can be worth muuuuuuuuuuch more than wine. You cannot just base your assumption that because the bottles are not labeled with the year. If you read Chinese newspapers, people are always on the lookout for vintage hard liquor such as the ones Wyndle has.That's why you don't have cognacs bottled with year on the label.
Anyone out there can clarify ?
Added on November 22, 2009, 3:07 pmforgot to also mention that just because wines have the year labelled on, doesnt mean they're all good. You were lucky the ones you bought had value. Vintage wine is even trickier to determine the value. For a wine to go from rm40 to rm280 is nothing spectacular, you have to factor in price inflation over the years as well on top of how old the wine is, and whether it has passed its ideal drinking age. I've got a few bottles of reds that are also valued more than rm5k nowadays
.This post has been edited by Ultimat3: Nov 22 2009, 03:07 PM
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