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Default TN: Lafon (just Macon) and Graillot at Oceana

On Jan 27, 1:18�pm, Emery Davis > wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
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> > We had agreed not to go crazy on wine, and were happy with the Macon
> > and �Crozes. Neither Ron or Nancy is especially interested in sweet
> > wines. But if one wanted, the best deals on the list were the Huet
> > dessert wines: '89 LHL 1er at $150, '71 Bourg and '89 Constance @ $180
> > - before any discount. Assuming those are full bottles, that's very
> > low retail for the Constance before discount I'd guess? Then when we
> > paid they included a slip saying the RW menu and 30% discount would
> > continue till spring. I'd confirm those are full sized bottles, but
> > someone could do well raiding that list.

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> Thanks for the notes Dale. �Seems to me the Constance would be 50cl?
>
> Great deal anyway, I'd want to drink both those 89s (mythical year
> as you know). �Sounds like it would be worth a special trip with
> friends just to do that very thing!
>
> -E


I know some more recent Constances are in 500 ml. But I only see
references to the 1989 (I think first one) in 750s and 375s.