Claret trumps Champers...
.....at two consecutive dinners over a recent weekend. The first featured an immensely enjoyable 2004 Blanc des Millenaires,refreshing ,fruity ,focused and elegant,a welcome prelude to the dinner that followed. The first red served,decanted, was from the ...
Great lineup of some serious wines.
Always a pleasure to read one of your oenophilic reports
Merci,mon ami.
I might be up in Paris towards end April,early May.....will pm you later.
When I saw the picture I was going to ask about the 1998 Haut Bailly
What a terrific lineup. For sure the 2010 Pape Clement and 2005 Rauzan Segla are great wines that need more time. The 1985 Mouton is such a classic Mouton from the coffee nose era, but I don’t think I’ve ever had ‘98 Haut Bailly. After reading your write ...
Yes,the '98 Chateau Haut Bailly
is certainly worth looking out for.....it's drinking beautifully now. As you rightly pointed out,1998 was a very good vintage on the Right bank as well as the Pessac-Leognan region. Indeed,it was an enjoyable weekend....thanks for looking.