The wife and I have been invited to another couple's house for dinner on
Saturday, next. Having had a few bottles with the couple, I know their
preferences in Wine (other than dessert) tend toward the bold and
massive. I picked the current vintage Cotes du Rhone (Guigal), for
pre-dinner. A 1999 Guigal Hermitage for the robust food (She's from
Hungary, and her dinners tend to be lots of meat, lots of spices (kinda
the way I like it <g>), and a 1995 Sauterne, Chateau Malle, for dessert.
Have any of you tried the 1995 Sauterne's yet? Any thoughts? I was (was)
confident in the dessert wine choice, but I have had a friend tell me
that the 95's were, a bit less than spectacular. I'm a bit more sanguine
about the Hermitage, at least there's a lot of meat to ameliorate some
of the tannin.

TIA,

Da' Bear