I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

1966 Latour-Still quite dark with a clear rim and a slight brickish
color. Very tight nose of graphite. Very firm black fruit with lots
of cedar and leather and still massive black fruit and plum notes.

1961 Cheval Blanc- More brick than purple with a huge nose of barnyard,
blackberry and wet stones. Vibrant, sweet fruit with layers of vanilla
and cassis.

1921 Palmer-Very pale garnet with a patina of brown. Light and
ethereal on the palate almost like old Burgundy. Mushroom and cedar at
first with plenty of sweet cherry and an elegant mouthfeel like liquid
velvet.

1982 Cos D' Estournel-A massive blockbuster of a wine. LOt's of cassis
and black cherry with an abundance of lead pencil and firm yet supple
tannins and a finish that went on for minutes. This wine still has
years of life ahead. Concensus WOTN.

1985 Lynch Bages- Quite brickish with a nose of wet horse blanket
(Brett)and lead pencil. Plenty of black fruit but too much leathery
bretty flavors.

1980 D'Yquem (served with a winter pear Tartain) Wonderful nose of
dried orange peel and Asian spices. Crisp acidity and flawless
sweetness with flavors of honey and apples with loads of citrus and a
refreshing finish.

On 13 Feb 2005 08:13:37 -0800, "Bi!!" wrote:

I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

If these are the wines of a "quite simple affair" I'd love to be
invited to a real blowout. You've won the traveling trophy for
"Understatement of the Month".


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

Ed Rasimus wrote:
On 13 Feb 2005 08:13:37 -0800, "Bi!!" wrote:

I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

If these are the wines of a "quite simple affair" I'd love to be
invited to a real blowout. You've won the traveling trophy for
"Understatement of the Month".


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com


LOL, I was referring to the food preparation which was simple and
un-sauced. We wanted to enhance the wines but not overpower them with
complex foods. The wines were certainly not an everyday affair and
everybody brought an older wine from their cellar. My wine was the
1966 Latour.

Ed Rasimus states in part: "If these are the wines of a "quite simple
affair" I'd love to be invited to a real blowout."

Here might be the wine menu for the blowout. Mouton 45; Latour 45 and
61; Romanee-Conti 45 and 85; Cheval-Blanc 47; Yquem 59, 67, and 1847;
DRC Montrachet 78; Rauenthaler Baiken TBA 1949(state); Cossart Gordon's
*******o Vintage Madeira 1875; Quinta do Noval 1931; Bretzenheim cellar
Tokaji Essencia 1811. Some people would nearly kill to be invited to
such a blowout.

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Cwdjrx _ wrote:
Ed Rasimus states in part: "If these are the wines of a "quite simple
affair" I'd love to be invited to a real blowout."

Here might be the wine menu for the blowout. Mouton 45; Latour 45 and
61; Romanee-Conti 45 and 85; Cheval-Blanc 47; Yquem 59, 67, and 1847;
DRC Montrachet 78; Rauenthaler Baiken TBA 1949(state); Cossart
Gordon's
*******o Vintage Madeira 1875; Quinta do Noval 1931; Bretzenheim
cellar
Tokaji Essencia 1811. Some people would nearly kill to be invited to
such a blowout.

I've been fortunate enough to have drank the '61 Latour, '45 Mouton and
the '31 Quinta do Noval Nacional. The Bordeaux were both fabulous,
still vibrant and full of fruit and complexity but the Noval was
certainly the best wine I've ever drank. Dr. Dick Peterson, winemaker
for many years at BV and father of Heidi Peterson Barrett, brought a
bottle to a gathering last year in Seattle. 1931 was his birth year
(sorry Dick) and he was most generous in sharing his penultimate
bottle. The wine was still quite youthful and packed with dense fruit
and subtle sweetness with layers of complex notes. Given it's rarity
and profound flavor it was most certainly a wine of a lifetime. When
drinking these very old vintages I not only find a lot of pleasurein
the flavors and textures but I also get a sense that I am tasting
history, it's hard to explain but it gives one a sense of connection
with the past.

Bi!! wrote:
I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

There's a lot to be said for well-executed, simple food (which isn't
actually all that simple).

1961 Cheval Blanc- More brick than purple with a huge nose of barnyard,
blackberry and wet stones. Vibrant, sweet fruit with layers of vanilla
and cassis.

I'm sure it is quite cliche now, but you didn't taste this
from a foam cup, did you? :-)

Seriously, clearly an outstanding wine event.

Dana

Your review has a nose suspiciously like a barnyard.
"Bi!!" wrote in message
oups.com...
I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

1966 Latour-Still quite dark with a clear rim and a slight brickish
color. Very tight nose of graphite. Very firm black fruit with lots
of cedar and leather and still massive black fruit and plum notes.

1961 Cheval Blanc- More brick than purple with a huge nose of barnyard,
blackberry and wet stones. Vibrant, sweet fruit with layers of vanilla
and cassis.

1921 Palmer-Very pale garnet with a patina of brown. Light and
ethereal on the palate almost like old Burgundy. Mushroom and cedar at
first with plenty of sweet cherry and an elegant mouthfeel like liquid
velvet.

1982 Cos D' Estournel-A massive blockbuster of a wine. LOt's of cassis
and black cherry with an abundance of lead pencil and firm yet supple
tannins and a finish that went on for minutes. This wine still has
years of life ahead. Concensus WOTN.

1985 Lynch Bages- Quite brickish with a nose of wet horse blanket
(Brett)and lead pencil. Plenty of black fruit but too much leathery
bretty flavors.

1980 D'Yquem (served with a winter pear Tartain) Wonderful nose of
dried orange peel and Asian spices. Crisp acidity and flawless
sweetness with flavors of honey and apples with loads of citrus and a
refreshing finish.

Your review has a nose suspiciously like a barnyard.
"Bi!!" wrote in message
oups.com...
I attended a gathering on Friday night of a few close friends for
dinner and wine. Dinner was a quite simple affair of grilled filets
with roasted root veggies and steamed long beans. Just some quickie
notes of outstanding wines.

1966 Latour-Still quite dark with a clear rim and a slight brickish
color. Very tight nose of graphite. Very firm black fruit with lots
of cedar and leather and still massive black fruit and plum notes.

1961 Cheval Blanc- More brick than purple with a huge nose of barnyard,
blackberry and wet stones. Vibrant, sweet fruit with layers of vanilla
and cassis.

1921 Palmer-Very pale garnet with a patina of brown. Light and
ethereal on the palate almost like old Burgundy. Mushroom and cedar at
first with plenty of sweet cherry and an elegant mouthfeel like liquid
velvet.

1982 Cos D' Estournel-A massive blockbuster of a wine. LOt's of cassis
and black cherry with an abundance of lead pencil and firm yet supple
tannins and a finish that went on for minutes. This wine still has
years of life ahead. Concensus WOTN.

1985 Lynch Bages- Quite brickish with a nose of wet horse blanket
(Brett)and lead pencil. Plenty of black fruit but too much leathery
bretty flavors.

1980 D'Yquem (served with a winter pear Tartain) Wonderful nose of
dried orange peel and Asian spices. Crisp acidity and flawless
sweetness with flavors of honey and apples with loads of citrus and a
refreshing finish.