Is this cult wine, whether it be from a top region, first growth Bordeaux or any great Burgundy: "Is it
really worth the money?"

Depends on the wine in question...But, let's face it, as sommeliers who are
blessed with the opportunity to taste priceless wines, how do we really know
weather something is worth it or not? Furthermore, it is not as much aboutwhat is in the bottle as it is the experience of how, where and when the wine was enjoyed....One of the best wines I ever tasted...

was a Soave right out of the fermentation tank... I was with the owner/winemaker sitting on
his estate in Soave Classico, high up in the hills overlooking the Veneto
region. We were snacking on some estate-grown olive tapenade,which tasted
like the warmth of the sun, and some homemade salami; I will never forget
the wine- it was so crisp & delicious, the sun was shining and every time
the gentle wind blew, the lemon trees shot bursts of citrus into the air-
At that point in time, I would have paid any amount of money to drink that
wine!