All wines are in our wine cellar and can be shipped immediately.
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Wine vintage rating 1962

What was the vintage 1962 like?

1962 It rarely happens that two outstanding vintages follow each other like 1962 and 1961. The great quality of the 1962 wines only became apparent after a few years of storage - good wines shouldn't be drunk too young. The year 1962 was dry and warm in Bordeaux and in Italy (Piedmont and Tuscany). Again very good growth conditions led to very nice wines. Very harmonious superseconds (these are 2eme Grand Crus that would deserve to be in the front row) such as Gruaud-Larose, Leoville Las Cases.
Of course, maximum heat alone does not lead to the best wines. Southern wines are often too heavy and too sweet. The moderate climate zones are ideal. If the summer is warm enough there, great, elegant wines mature.

Weather in the year 1962

After snowy winter months, spring and even early summer were rather cool.

A few cold days returned in July as well. It was very important for grape growth that the weather remained very dry throughout. In southern France, there was again an increased risk of forest fires.

The vines had the necessary water stress to produce concentrated wines with complex aromas. The weather stayed summery warm well into October.

The current stock of wines from the 1962 vintage

All wines from the 1962 vintage are in our own wine cellar and can be shipped immediately or picked up at the wine shop. To the wines of 1962

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 1962 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.
SW17698 1962 Five Roses Leone di Castris
Salento
With the 1962 Five Roses Leone di Castris, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Five Roses Leone di Castris 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.
€168.00

Content: 0.75 Liter (€224.00 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW17187 1962 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling
1. Lage - Rheingau

The name of the Klosterberg vineyard comes from the old connecting path that went from Eberbach Monastery via the abbey's properties in Kiedrich to the Klostermühle near Eltville, and which led through the vineyard plots as the “Closterweg”. The vines in this first location in the VdP grow on medium to deep, stony-gristy soils in the southwest with Devon slate and gneiss.

With the 1962 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.


We deliver the 1962 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling 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, long aging and, most of all, it is a renowned 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.
€175.00

Content: 0.75 Liter (€233.33 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW17684 1962 Aglianico del Vulture Riserva Riforma Fondiaria
Campania

Aglianico is a DOC for red wine in the Italian region of Basilicata - incidentally, it is the only one in the region. The vineyards lie up to almost 700 metres above sea level on the slopes of the extinct volcano Monte Vulture, which gives the region its name, and are divided into around 1,000 small vineyards. Wine has been produced here since time immemorial and was served at aristocratic tables in the Middle Ages. The ruby to garnet-red wine, which is produced in Secco (dry) and Amabile (semi-sweet), is made from a single variety (100%) of Aglianico. The red grape variety was probably brought to Naples from Greece by the Phoenicians as early as the 7th century BC, as indicated by the name (ellenico = Hellenic). It is possible that the variety was used in the red version of the famous ancient wine Falerno. The early sprouting but late ripening variety requires fertile soils due to its strong growth and abundant yield, which it finds there on volcanic soil. It produces deep ruby-red, tannin-rich wines with a strong flavour. 

With the 1962 Aglianico del Vulture Riserva Riforma Fondiaria, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Aglianico del Vulture Riserva Riforma Fondiaria 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.
€179.00

Content: 0.72 Liter (€248.61 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW15256 1962 Chianti Ruffino Riserva Ducale
Riserva - Toscana - Chianti

In the year 1877, the cousins Leopoldo and Ilario Ruffino  developing their own small winery in a town near Florence, Pontassieve.  Ruffino become popular for their balanced and clean wines, embracing the motto “Here We Make Ideal Wine.” The status also of Ruffino family was also established firmly both internationally and nationally when its own Ruffino Chianti won the gold medal during the Milan Wine exhibition in the year 1881, and a consolation prize during the Nice Exhibition in 1884 and another one gold medal in Antwerp Exhibition in year 1885. Because of its success, the Duke of Aosta was tasted it in Pontassieve,  and declared the Ruffino winery of Leopoldo and Ilario as the authorized supplier of wines to the royal family in the Italy. Additionally, in the year 1927, Ruffino winery returned some of the honor given upon its world class wines by releasing its first vintage wine of Riserva Ducale, entitled for the Duke of Aosta.
 

With the 1962 Chianti Ruffino Riserva Ducale, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Chianti Ruffino Riserva Ducale 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.
€193.00

Content: 0.72 Liter (€268.06 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW17222 1962 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling
1. Lage - Rheingau

The Kiedricher Turmberg leads up to a height of 240 meters to a castle tower that can be seen from far away. Today the vineyard area is the monopoly of the Robert Weil winery. The vines in this first location in the VdP grow on deep, stony, gritty soils on the slate hilltop.

With the 1962 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.


We deliver the 1962 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling 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, long aging and, most of all, it is a renowned 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.
€225.00

Content: 0.75 Liter (€300.00 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 11

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW19823 1962 Barbaresco Minuto Moccagatta
Piemonte - Barbaresco

In the second half of 1800, Giovanni Minuto owned vineyards in the town of Barbaresco; in 1913 his son Luigi started to produce wine from the grapes harvested. In 1952, the company was split between the sons Lorenzo and Mario. Mario inherited the Moccagatta farmhouse which gives the name to the current company. The company spreads out over 15 hectares, 12 planted with vines in the two townships of Barbaresco and Neive. The Barbarescos come from three crus of radically different character – Basarin, Cole, and Bric Balin – each one vinified separately so as to enhance the character particular to the terroir. Basarin, from vines around Neive, and Moccagatta is the sole bottler of the “Cole” vineyard of which they own just .5 hectares. Matured in barrique, this is an opulent, muscular wine of great longevity, with silken texture.


With the 1962 Barbaresco Minuto Moccagatta, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Barbaresco Minuto Moccagatta 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.
€245.00

Content: 0.7 Liter (€350.00 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW15702 1962 Barolo Luigi Calissano e Figli
Piemonte

Luigi Calissano used to be a well-known iron merchant in Alba. In 1872 he began to work limited quantities of grapes and after a few years it became the most important wine factory in Alba. Luigi worked alongside his sons getting new marketing strategies  and strengthening relations with the American markets and the exclusive contracts for the supplying of wines to several shipping companies likes Lloyd.

With the 1962 Barolo Luigi Calissano e Figli, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Barolo Luigi Calissano e Figli 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.
€256.00

Content: 0.72 Liter (€355.56 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
SW18609 1962 Barolo Marchesi di Barolo
Piemonte

The story begins in 1807, in Paris, when the Marquis of Barolo Carlo Tancredi Falletti married Juliette Colbert de MaulĂ©vrier, a French noblewoman and the great granddaughter of the Minister of Finance Colbert by Luigi XIV . Juliette saw the great potential of the wine made in Barolo that, after a complete fermentation and a long aging in wood, would have been able to unveil all the qualities typical of the soil and of the grape variety: Nebbiolo. Since 1970, the Castello has been under local ownership. The winery estate, which is located at the center of Barolo, presently belongs to the Abbona family, which purchased in the late 19th century.  The original and distinguished wines produced by Marchesi di Barolo are characterized by a number of highly prestigious native vines and a unique soil composition, with amalgams of clay, limestone marl, blueish marl, tuff, sandstone and sand. In order to better define and enhance their different characteristics, the most prestigious historical crus are made from a single variety, and individually aged and bottled.



With the 1962 Barolo Marchesi di Barolo , comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Barolo Marchesi di Barolo 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.
€263.00

Content: 0.72 Liter (€365.28 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days
it-1962-2175 1962 Barolo Terre del Barolo Riserva
Piemonte

Terre del Barolo is the largest cooperative and the most well know top quality wines producer in Piedmont. The Terre del Barolo winery was founded on 8 December 1958 by 22 growers from various villages in the neighbourhood of Alba. Located in Castigione Falletto in the heart of the Langhe, the Cooperative brings together 450 wine growers who own650 hectares of vineyard located in the towns of Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Cherasco, Diano d’Alba, Grinzane Cavour, La Morra, Monforte d’Alba, Novello, Serralunga d’Alba, Roddi and Verduno. The main wine produced is Barolo, which is aged in the cellars in precious casks made of Slavonian oak for a variable period of time, it depending on the vintage. Terre del Barolo complete the range of piemontese wines with Nebbiolo d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba, Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba and Barbera d'Alba.


With the 1962 Barolo Terre del Barolo Castiglione Falletto, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.

We deliver the 1962 Barolo Terre del Barolo 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.
€278.00

Content: 0.75 Liter (€370.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2

Ready for shipment, delivery 1-3 working days