Emery Davis wrote:

> '89 Font de Michelle (regular cuvee) with rotisseried duck,
> saute of sprouts and chestnuts. (A very fine duck from
> a different duck guy than we usually use). A very elegant
> CdP, fully mature from IMHO the best year of the extraordinary
> trio of 88-89-90. Clear color going a bit brick, rich
> spicy kirsch nose, very long and with terrific balance,
> layer after layer of fruit confit with overtones of white pepper
> and spice. A true pleasure, this is why we have a cellar!

Thanks for the notes, Emery. And your last statement couldn't be truer.
I still have a few '89s left in the cellar (Beaucastel, Ch. de La
Gardine, Clos du Mont-Olivet) but no Font de Michelle. I agree with you
about '89s status: the wines have been deeper than the '88s but more
structured than the '90s. I find that I've finished my '90s before my
'89s (I still have a few '90s left, but not many after opening the Vieux
Donjon I recently posted on) for just that reason.

Mark Lipton