Bris is also the ritual of circumcision in Yiddish. So St Bris could be a
wine missing a vital part.
"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
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> 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