​OBJECTS OF DESIRE

Chateau Margaux 1953 

The summer of 1953 was long and hot, dry and with plenty of sunshine. The grapes ripened slowly and steadily, and the season’s only real hiccup was a sudden storm in September that forced Château Margaux to postpone the harvest (though this did have the added benefit of allowing the grapes a little bit more time to ripen, a particular fear in Bordeaux as wine made from overripe grape tends to taste unpleasantly of stewed fruit, but one that was happily not founded here). The resultant bottling by Château Margaux is considered not just among the finest wines of that particularly good year, but as Withnail himself says, “’53 Margaux. Best of the century.”

​Chateau Margaux 1953 - The Film Co/Star

Yes of course there has to be more to it than wine, and yes; a bottle of 53 Margaux shared what is one of the finest Shakespeare renditions from Hamlet you are ever likely to see on screen or stage! Certainly like the wine which Withnail procured from 'Uncle Monty's (in Withnail and I) well stocked wine cellar, Richard E Grant's performance, as with the Margaux is the "Best of the century!" - pauliepaul
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Film Still Link - Uncle Monty's Speech

Pic Link - Uncle Monty's Rolls Royce up for sale a few years ago

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​Soundtrack 

The Withnail and I soundtrack is Well I always say Brilliant... I found this, I was going to put an Itunes / Apple preview on but all I could find was this on Amazon. I hope it's the vinyl - LP of the soundtrack because I've got one! I'm rich I tell you! Beyond my wild...
I'll keep trying with the preview...... pauliepaul