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Default TN: 2001 Ch. d'Yquem, 50th Birthday Party

R&M wrote:
> Joe Giorgianni wrote:
>> Saturday night we celebrated my sister-in-law's 50th birthday party.
>> My brother has collected wine for years and his favorite is Ch.
>> d'Yquem so I was really looking forward to this evening.
>>
>> With only eight people there, the five bottles of Dom Perignon was a
>> real treat. I still don't feel it's worth the price but when someone
>> else is buying...
>>
>> We had a bottle or two of nice white burgundy and then we decided it
>> would be right into the d'Yquem rather than wait until later on in the
>> night.
>>
>> Robert Parker and the Wine Spectator had both given this wine a 100
>> and referred to it as perfect. I couldn't agree more. I've had d'Yquem
>> a few times (1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977) and this was by far the best.
>> Not a lot of botrytis but everything was perfectly in balance. An
>> intense sweetness was perfectly balanced by the acidity. That's all we
>> kept saying - perfect.
>>
>> After 2# main lobsters we moved on to filet mignon with a 1986 Ducru
>> Beaucaillou. This was very dark, almost inky and excellent. We also
>> had a bottle of 1957 Ch. Haut-Brion, the birth year. While decent
>> enough it didn't really taste at all like any Haut-Brion I've had.
>>
>> Dessert was Godiva chocolate and a bottle of 1957 Vintage Port (I
>> think it was Sandeman). By then I had hit the couch.
>>
>> Quite an act for me to follow for my wife's 50th birthday coming up
>> next February.
>>
>>

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SORRY FORGOT TO READ SUBJECT LINE...A BLONDE MOMENT!!!!