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舊年份唔等於貴。呢度 249 支，最舊嗰支係 1974 年嘅 Chateau Clerc Milon，一路數落嚟到 2000 年代，大部分喺 HK$500 至 1,500 之間。

咁舊嘅酒，冇可能有人由出廠嗰年一直擺住——全部都係喺二手市場搵返嚟嘅。所以真正緊要嘅不在於「邊個一直擺住」，而係同邊個入貨：我哋只同熟手、有往績嘅來源買，入貨嗰陣由駐店侍酒師驗真偽同來源，一到手就擺入我哋自己個恆溫倉。

以波爾多為主，而且好多係成條直度嘅年份：Batailley 由 1983 排到 2008 共七個年份，Clerc Milon 由 1974 起九個，Phelan Segur、Branaire Ducru、Chasse-Spleen、Prieure Lichine 各自都有五六個。買兩三支同一酒莊唔同年一次過開，睇吧個莊點變，係最抵玩嘅方法。波爾多以外有意大利——Tignanello 由 1982 到 2013、Ornellaia 九十年代、Solaia 1988、Sassicaia；德國 Markus Molitor 嘅 Riesling Auslese；仲有 Opus One 1983、Cristal 1995 呢類。

An older vintage does not have to mean an expensive one. There are 249 bottles here, the oldest a 1974 Chateau Clerc Milon, running through to the 2000s, and most sit between HK$500 and HK$1,500.

Bottles this old always come from the secondary market - nobody has been holding a 1974 since release. What matters is who you buy them from. We buy through sources we know and have dealt with before, our in-house sommelier checks authenticity and provenance on the way in, and from the moment they reach us they sit in our own temperature-controlled warehouse.

Bordeaux is the backbone, and much of it runs in verticals: seven vintages of Batailley from 1983 to 2008, nine of Clerc Milon starting in 1974, five or six each of Phelan Segur, Branaire Ducru, Chasse-Spleen and Prieure Lichine. Buying two or three vintages of one estate and opening them side by side is the most rewarding thing you can do with this list. Beyond Bordeaux there is Italy - Tignanello from 1982 to 2013, Ornellaia through the nineties, Solaia 1988, Sassicaia - Markus Molitor's Riesling Auslese from the Mosel, and the odd Opus One 1983 or Cristal 1995.