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Default [TN] '89 Grande Dame

Mark Lipton > wrote in
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> Fred wrote:
>> Mark Lipton > wrote in :
>>
>>> 1989 Veuve Clicquot "La Grande Dame" (3 L)
>>> nose: lemons, lightly toasty
>>> palate: subdued mousse, creamy mouthfeel, lemony fruit, moderately
>>> toasty finish

>>
>> I have a 3L of '88 Grande Dame. Any notes? It was going to be the
>> centerpiece of my 40th birthday in '03, but we had just moved here
>> and didn't know many people let alone enough to make opening a 3L of
>> Champagne worthwhile.

>
> No notes from me, Fred. As I said, this isn't a wine I get a lot of.
> However, I'd be happy to help you dispose of yours :P Both '88 and
> '89 were "declared" vintages in Champagne, with '89 getting slightly
> more hoopla, but the Cellartracker notes on the '88 sound pretty good
> to me.


If you are anywhere near Las Vegas you would be welcome when we crack that
puppy. The more the merrier. It may be a while though. I have always been
partial to '88s. I had a great horizontal from then that included all the
first growths, Petrus, d'Yquem and others. I wanted to have it along with
the lGD for my 40th, but that party never came off. I have been drinking
them a bottle at a time for the last 6 years. What was 15 years old is now
21 years old. Maybe I will save what is left for my 50th. I may not be
alive and/or able to drink then.

Fred.