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On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 6:04:11 PM UTC-4, greybeard wrote:
> Strips of thinly sliced beef cooked in lots of EVOO with a mixture of
> spices to emulate Moroccan flavours, over cous-cous and wilted leafy
> greens garnished with a liberal sprinkle of chopped mint and fresh
> tomato. Possibly not red wine friendly fare, but.........
> 2004 Ch. Lynch Bages, Pauillac, medium dark red, nice aromatics.
> Strong primary cabernet flavours, good acidity, unobtrusive integrated
> oak. Excellent cut through the spicy food, happy with food match.


Thanks for notes. I don't have a lot of '04 Bdx, dollar was fairly weak against Euro when they were released and so they seemed expensive. I had a lot of '96-'01 claret and mostly sat out. But those I've tasted recently have been pretty good.