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Default Bunch of WHite Burgs and a Bordeaux

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"Bi!!" > wrote:

> Gun season for deer starts on Monday morning so I hosted a dinner at
> my farm for the hunters at my place. Assorted starters included
> lobster salad on endive leaf, clams casion, etc all begged for white
> wine so I broke into my white burg stash.
>
> 2002 Boillot Puligny Montrachet-tasty, crisp, tart, lemon peel.
> Medium bodied and well balanced.
> 2003 Olivier Leflaive Bienvenues Batard Montrachet-More substance than
> the Puligny. Richer, lemon curd and pure liquid rock minerality.
> Really delicious and smooth.
> 2005 Bollot Batard Montrachet-Really full bodied, almost a "black
> dirt" minerality. Wonderful layers of flavors, vanilla, citrus,
> creamy yet well balanced with acidity. I could smell this wine all
> night.
> 2007 Fevre Chablis "Le Clos" another really big chablis with chalky
> limestone overtones. Plenty of lemon-lime and crisp vibrant acidity.
> All wines merited an "A" from me.
>
> With roasted rack of lamb rubbed with pepper and mustard. 2000
> Leoville Poyferre from a mag. Still quite young but still incredibly
> delicious. Kind of a cross over between old world and international
> in style. On could smell the dirt in the wine yet rich supple cassis
> and blackberry notes dominated. Another aromatic masterpiece that one
> could whif for hours.


I'd rather be hunting with you. My pals bring beef jerky and pop tarts
and Natty light seems to now be thing to do lately. If I brought them
anything you mentioned, I would probably be sent into the woods buck
naked except for an orange blaze vest. This dinner seems so much nicer.