Wine vintage rating 1968
1968 a vintage for Italian wines. In the north of Piedmont there is a small town that produces dry red wines that are particularly long-lived: Gattinara. Like Barolo, the wines are made from the Nebbiolo grape variety in a traditional way. When young, the wines are bulky and dominated by the characteristic tannins of the Nebbiolo grape. The wines mature very slowly. In Gattinara, a strangely bulbous bottle shape is used very often, specially made for very old wines: the depot should remain in the bottle curvature when poured out!
The Marchesi di Barolo also used a similarly elaborate bottle until 1968: the relief-like glass seal on the wine bottle was used for the last time by the Antichi Poderi in 1968 for the flagship wine of the house.
Weather in the year 1968
Good filling levels, good wine quality
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.
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Grignolino hails from Piedmont in Northern Italy, a region known for its powerful and hugely tannic red wines made from the Nebbiolo grape. Grignolino wine is obtained from the vine of the same name. Its name originates from the word “grignole”, in Piedmont dialect used to indicate the grape-seeds inside the grapes. According to another theory its origin is connected to the Italian verb “grignè”, this again in dialect means to laugh.
With the 1968 Grignolino Cossetti, you will receive a wine profile with recommendations for opening, tasting, and storing the wine.
1968 Grignolino Cossetti with a guarantee of authenticity and the wine profile as a certificate.
Antik Wein guarantees the authenticity of this high-quality, age-worthy wine.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€165.28 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2
In 1877, two cousins, Ilario and Leopoldo Ruffino, realised their shared dream of producing great wines by founding a small winery in a typical Tuscan landscape where the Arno and Sieve rivers meet, surrounded by hills covered with vineyards and olive groves, and choosing Pontassieve as their headquarters. Ruffino's reputation has been firmly established both nationally and internationally by the numerous awards that Ruffino Chianti has received since the late 19th century and by the first Chianti to be imported into the United States. Aleatico is an ancient grape variety and passito wine in the Tuscan tradition. The grapes are partly vinified immediately and partly only after a drying phase.
With the 1968 Aleatico I.L.Ruffino, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Aleatico I.L.Ruffino 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.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€175.00 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2
With the 1968 Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio Ricasoli , comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio Ricasoli 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€178.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2
Valtellina is a DOC for red wines in the north of the Italian region of Lombardy. The zone includes the municipalities of Biancone, Buglio in Monte, Castione Andevenno, Chiuro, Sondrio and Tirano in the Valtellina valley on the upper course of the Adda river (German: Veltlin) in the Alpine province of Sondrio. The wine is also called Veltliner, but there is no connection with the white, Austrian grape variety. The Swiss writer Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), who lived in this valley for a long time, repeatedly referred to it under this name as his absolute favourite wine. The general Prince Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583-1634) was an excessive wine drinker until he was 30 years old. Due to severe gout problems, his doctor prescribed moderation and recommended only this red wine, which Wallenstein adhered to until his (violent) death.
The mostly south-facing terraced vineyards with stony loam soil are located along a 45-kilometre stretch at an altitude of up to 800 metres. Nearby is the 4,050-metre-high Piz Bernina, which offers protection against the north winds. Partly, the grapes have to be brought down to the valley on pulleys. The area is divided into about 700 hectares for the simple DOC Valtellina and 500 hectares for the DOCG Valtellina Superiore. The DOC version is made from 80% Nebbiolo (here Chiavennasca - meaning "which grows here") and possibly other authorised red varieties (up to 20%).The sites or subzones Grumello (named after a castle), Inferno (hottest site in the valley), Sassella (named after a chapel),Paradiso and Valgella may additionally bear the name on the bottle label.
With the 1968 Paradiso Enologica Valtellinese, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Paradiso Enologica Valtellinese 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.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€191.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
Sardinia’s best known red grape is Cannonau, a relative of the Granacha grape that originally came from Spain. The grape is grown all over this island, a special variety of what is generally known as grenache, producing explosive, potent wines. The great majority of the vineyards, and the highest-quality wines, are produced in a triangle that stretches along an idyllic coastline from Orosei to Bari Sardo, and into the wild mountainous interiors as far as Atzara.
With the 1968 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva Speciale you will receive a wine profile with recommendations for opening, tasting, and storing the wine.
1968 Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva Speciale with a guarantee of authenticity and the wine profile as a certificate.
Antik Wein guarantees the authenticity of this high-quality, age-worthy wine.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€194.44 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
With the 1968 Barbaresco Riserva del Castello, you will receive a wine profile with recommendations for opening, tasting, and storing the wine.
We deliver the 1968 Barbaresco Riserva del Castello with a guarantee of authenticity and the wine profile as a certificate.
Antik Wein guarantees the authenticity of this high-quality, age-worthy wine.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€206.94 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
The Kiedricher Heiligenstock vineyard takes its name from the old Gothic crucifix that has served as a cross in the vineyard since the 14th century. The location includes the famous individual vineyards Gräfenberg, Turmberg, Wasseros, Klosterberg and Sandgrub.
Riesling is the typical white grape variety of Germany. Characteristic fruit and a pronounced acidity create a lively balance in a good Riesling. You often think you can recognize the origins of a Riesling straight away. The most famous are the Riesling vineyards of the Rheingau and the Moselle. The wines are very long-lived.
With the 1968 Kiedricher Heiligenstock Riesling comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Kiedricher Heiligenstock 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€202.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 9
The Produttori del Barbaresco are an association of small wineries, some of which have tiny plots in prime locations. After the war, in 1958, the Produttori del Barbaresco Foundation was set up, which contributed to the rebirth of the entire area, initially bringing together 19 wineries, which today number more than 50. An ever-growing path for this wine, representative of an entire area, which ended in 1966 with the DOC denomination and in 1980 with the DOCG denomination. The first dry Barbaresco of this name was then produced in 1890 by the oenologist Domizzio Cavazza, director of the viticultural school in Alba in Barbaresco. This can be seen as the birth of today's wine. Like Barolo, Barbaresco is made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes.
With the 1968 Barbaresco Produttori del Barbaresco, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Barbaresco Produttori del Barbaresco 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.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€213.89 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
The Dürkheimer Spielberg vineyard is now the first location (1er Cru) in the VdP in the Palatinate. The Romans had an observation post on the mountain - “specula”, which then became “speculum” (mirror). At some point “Spiegelberg” became “Spielberg”. Opulent Rieslings thrive on the solid shell limestone of this location. The Karl Schäfer winery owns an important vineyard plot on the Spielberg.
With the 1968 DĂĽrkheimer Spielberg Riesling comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 DĂĽrkheimer Spielberg 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, dry, long aging and, most of all, it is a renowned white 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.
Content:
0.7 Liter
(€224.29 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 6
Valle Talloria di Diano d'Alba is a small paradise at the foot of the Langhe hills, in Piedmont where the Giordano family has been producing wine since 1900. In1950 Ferdinando Giordano, the founder’s grandson was the man behind the great idea to sell directly to individual clients: no middle man, just straight from the winemaker to the consumer. But at the time, Giordano was a pioneer. He began by contacting clients one at a time and offering to send his wines to their homes. Orders soon came thick and fast and since then, the company has continued exclusively with this sales system.
With the 1968 Barolo Giordano Diano D'Alba, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Barolo Giordano 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€213.33 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 9
With the 1966 Barolo Marchese di Villadoria , comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1966 Barolo Marchese di Villadoria 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.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€226.39 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2
If you were to ask wine connoisseurs from all over the world whether there is a classic top wine from Germany and which one it would be, the answer would be Riesling. The classic Riesling region of Germany is the Rheingau growing region. The Hochheimer Berg has loess loams and loess with more or less gravelly tertiary marls. The wines from this vineyard are elegant with a fine acidity. The Hessian state wineries Kloster Eberbach have cultivation areas in the Rheingau and the Hessische Bergstrasse and are the largest winery in Germany with 235 hectares of cultivation area. It belongs to the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries (VDP). The owner is the state of Hesse and the headquarters is in Eltville am Rhein. The origin of the state wineries is the Eberbach Monastery, which was founded in 1136 by Bernhard von Clairvaux as a branch of the Cistercians. During secularization it became the property of the Duke of Nassau and in 1866 it became the property of Prussia, who added large areas of vineyards. The winery became a model business.
With the 1968 Hochheimer Riesling naturrein comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Hochheimer Riesling naturrein 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 white 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€222.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
With the 1968 Barolo Kiola Beni di Batasiolo, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Barolo Kiola Beni di Batasiolo 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€222.67 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 1
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 1968 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 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.
Content:
0.75 Liter
(€224.00 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2
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 1968 Barolo Riserva Terre del Barolo, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you.
We deliver the 1968 Barolo Riserva 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.
Content:
0.72 Liter
(€236.11 / 1 Liter)
Quantity: 2