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

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.
>
>


And who was the "designated driver?"

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