Nice Amber Bottle

the best wine you have ever had?

i am not a wine snob,and im not rich so i cant afford to drink the wine that i am about to describe very often.
i was on holiday with my dad in the south of france,we stayed in a really nice hotel in cannes for one night(we camped after that!!)
that night in the hotel,we had the most amazing dinner and a bottle of wine that i will not be able to taste ever again unless i win the lottery,it was like something from heaven,every taste and flavour in the world seemed to be contained within each mouthful,and the smell was almost narcotic.it was a strange amber colour,almost like honey, i think it may have been a chateau la tour 1967 but im not sure.

what is the best wine you have ever had????

For me, it was a 1961 Chateau Petrus. This was a few years back when I was working in the wine industry, and as an appreciation for a huge multi-unit deall, one of the wineries had this sent to me. I have no idea what the cost would be now, but it's the one time I agreed with Robert Parker and the Wine Spectator. It was a 100 point wine as ranked by both, and in the mid 90's when I drank it, the tannins, fruit and oak were all in perfect balance. I haven't had anything close ever since. I might also add that what may have added to that experience was that we opened it when our children came home from the hospital when they were born.

Although Opus, Heitz Vineyards and Silver Oak are great american wines, I still don't think they can compare to a good old Grand Cru Classe Bordeaux.

Kudos on the Romanee Conti La Tache, as someone mentioned before. I've had some great Vosgne Romanee that almost made me swith back to La Domaine Romanee...

And as someone else mentioned, if you cand find a good '97 Chianti, chances are it's amazing and still not priced totally out of the market. One of the best years for a wine region in recent memory.