On Jan 17, 10:17*am, "Bill S." > wrote:
> Notes on some bottles from last week:
>
> 1997 Dom. Remizierres Crozes Hermitage Cuvee Christophe – I’d had the
> 96 and wanted to compare. This wine was showing the colour, not to
> mention a nose of mature Burgundy, was elegant with good length and
> only went back to the Rhone at the end, lacking the Burgundian
> polish. *Fully mature now but should hold a bit. *More mature than the
> last bottle I tried in November 2007
>
> 1997 Dom. Coursodon St. Joseph *La Sensonne – one that turned up in my
> recent cellar search/reconstruction – a whole case of Rhone I hadn’t
> looked at since purchase. *A cork was *pulled with some trepidation,
> but there was no worry. Dark wine with plum and leather notes in the
> nose along with a hint of nutmeg, ending with soft tannin, good fruit
> and clean acidity. *Glad this one turned up as it will be in prime
> time for the next few years (if it lasts that long!).
>
> 1995 Ch. Deyrem Valentin *- this Margaux cru bourgeois got a tough
> review on release, cited as offering too much acidity and tannin. Well
> the good news is that this has all resolved and fallen into place,
> there was decent fruit under it all, and it is now a very presentable
> if modest but enjoyable claret that ends with a sort of chalky feel in
> the mouth. *Uncorked to commemorate the death of Rumpole creator John
> Mortimer, in place of the Ch. Fleet Street, Ch. Thames Embankment or
> Pommeroy's Very Ordinary that would have been appropriate but for
> which I searched but found not among my bottles.

Good choice to toast Mortimer. I hope SWMBO appreciated it!