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DaleW wrote:

Betsy made ribeyes with a black olive sauce, broccoli with parmesan
and lemon, and a sweet potato for our Valentines dinner. When she said
ribeye I had envisioned a fairly serious Bordeaux, but when I saw the
olive vinaigrette and the lemon on the broccoli, I decided to scale
back what I was opening. A more modest wine, a half of the 1996 Ch.
Talbot (St Julien), did well. Rich cassis fruit, some cigarbox and
leather, a little smoke. Ripe, decent acidity, with some lingering
tannins. Not a great Bordeaux, but a great value (I paid bought a case
of 375s at $290 a couple years ago, this is a nice $12 half bottle!). B
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Good price point for that wine. I have only opened one '96 Talbot so far
and it was a bit young and green but a half bottle should be just right
now. I don't know why I haven't invested more in half bottles as there
are just two of us and that is the right amount with dinner.