Emery Davis wrote:

> Mark, I think everyone but Bill Spohn is starting to find those 89 and
> 90s thin on the ground. But as it happens I've got nearly a case of the
> 89 in question, I think I forgot about it for a while. Not to mention that
> '89 cuvée Etienne Gonnet, which is still waiting for you and Jean (and
> Andrew) to taste!

Hold onto it! It'll be another couple of years before we're brave
enough to take him on a trans-Atlantic flight. This weekend's 3-hour
train trip from Chicago was enough for us ;-) Jean's been militating
for a return to France, and we've never been to the Loire, so you're in
our crosshairs.

>
> I also have been hitting the 90s first, but also 93 (which wasn't half
> bad) and even some 95s. I _do_ have a jeroboam of '90 Grand Tinel
> waiting for the right occasion, though! That one I think will be
> aging nice and slowly.

Yup. I've got a '90 Clos du Mont-Olivet Cuvée du Papet that'll be there
for a few years, too. It was a monster in its youth, but also in need
of a lot of integration. IIRC, there's a '90 Beaucastel there, too, but
Beaucastel breaks all the rules when it comes to CNdP. I've been
starting to dip into our '94s, also, while waiting for the '95s to do
whatever it is they're going to do. What's been your impression of the
'95s you've opened so far? I've heard mixed reviews on the Wine Internet.

Mark Lipton