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DaleW > wrote:

> On Jun 29, 5:07*pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
> > In article
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> > *"Bi!!" > wrote:
> > > Lunch today at Twin Farms consisted of:

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> > > A tasting of Oysters:
> > > Dodge Cove Maine Oysters with pineapple, carrot-yuzu juice and fresh
> > > parsely
> > > Island Creek Massachusettes Oysters with heirloom tomato, olives,
> > > oliove oil and chervil flowers
> > > Glidden Point Maine Oysters with organic sorrel, corn puree, grilled
> > > corn, chive blossoms

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> > > served with 2004 Dagueneau Silex (from private stash)-very expressive
> > > Pouilly Fume full of limestone chalk minerality, lemon lime citrus and
> > > slightly floral notes.

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> > > Salmon Three Ways-Grilled with an Asian Plum Sauce, Poached in Sweet
> > > Soy and Tartare of Toro served with a seaweed salad.

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> > > 2006 Rex Hill Pinot Gris-Nice fresh pear flavors a bit of white peach
> > > and a nice acidity. *A bit flabby in the middle but finsihed nice.

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> > Always wanted to try the Dagueneau Silex. Is that the one that is
> > relatively expensive?

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> Nice meal, Bill!
> Lawrence, the Silex was the most expensive of Dagueneau's "standard"
> dry bottlings, but only by a hair over the Pur Sang. Cheapest was
> Blanc de Pouilly (also had another name in some years), then Buisson
> Renard, then Pur Sang, then Silex. Maybe $40/$55/$70/$75 respectively
> (before he died). But in a couple of vintages he also made a wine or
> two with residual sugar in very limited quantities, and those were
> more like several hundred dollars a bottle.


Just checked and they are all $110+ now.