Wine vintage rating 1954

What was the vintage 1954 like?

1954 in Piedmont Good: elegant, silky wines from the Nebbiolo grape variety: Gattinara, Barolo, etc. In France, the weather was too cold and too humid all the time. The summer and thus the important maturing time for the wines was anything but good. With a late, very selective vintage (after all, September was warmer than usual), attempts were made to salvage what could be salvaged.

There are only a few wines with a good filling level and good color.

Weather in the year 1954

The year 1954 brought a veritable cold spell at the beginning, which, after a cool spring, suddenly returned with force in May and brought with it plenty of rain: wintry weather in Burgundy.

Lots of rain in the summer, but eventually a warm, sunny autumn. In October there were suddenly a few summery days in Bordeaux.

The current stock of wines from the 1954 vintage

All wines from the 1954 vintage are in our own wine cellar and can be shipped immediately or picked up at the wine shop. To the wines of 1954

Good filling levels, good wine quality

The fill level of an old vintage wine reveals important information on the drinkability of the wine.
Of course, the good condition of a wine from an old vintage depends on excellent storage. Above all, the wine must not have frequently changed cellars. Ideally, the wine will have rested in one and the same wine cellar.

But also the cork that sits in each individual bottle is very important. A perfect cork has few pores and keeps the wine stable. If an inferior cork happens to have been used in a bottle, the porous surface will begin to soak up wine and allow micro-quantities of the liquid to evaporate over the decades. Poor fill levels are the result.

A poor fill level therefore also indicates a high risk that the wine bottle could soon begin to leak.

The fill levels explained:
In the bottle neck (high fill to base neck) about 2 cm is perfect for wines.
Top and upper shoulder, ([very] top shoulder), approx. 3 cm is very good for very old wines.
Medium shoulder (mid shoulder), about 4 cm is only acceptable for rare top wines and in individual cases.
Everything below the red line should not be offered any more.

Wine rating

Do you have a 1954 vintage in your wine cellar and would you like to know how much it is worth?

Here are a few tips: in order to still have any value, the bottle must be leakproof. The wine must not be cloudy. It should be of good quality (not supermarket wine).

Search for the wine online without specifying the vintage. If it is a well-known winery, you will find the wine immediately and also the price you have to pay for the current vintage. If the current wine costs from EUR 20.00 upwards, that's a good sign.

The filling level is decisive for the value. Upper shoulder to base neck is required. Medium shoulder is only acceptable for extremely rare, already valuable wines.

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1954 Gattinara Guglielmo Avondo

Piemonte - Gattinara

Gattinara is a red wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown in vineyards in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara, and westward toward the Alps with the town of Gattinara near its center. It is one of a few regions in Italy that have been awarded DOCG status and shares that distinction in Piedmont with the Barolo and Barbaresco regions.

With the 1954 Gattinara Guglielmo Avondo, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1954 Gattinara Guglielmo Avondo with the following guaranties and wine documents.

The wine is in excellent conditions and has to be drank and savored.
We guarantee the authenticity of the wine and its professional storage.
It is a high-quality, dry, long aging and, most of all, it is a renowned red wine.
You receive the authenticity guarantee and the wine portrait as a certificate.
In addition to that: our own advice regarding storage, plus a recommendation on how to savor and open the wine.

€265.00

Content: 0.72 Liter (€368.06 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days