The Mme and I celebrate 10/25

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Hi all,

the Mme and I celebrated our 10 year wedding/25 year together anniversary last night. Very fun...started at Canlis where we enjoyed a bottle of '14 JM Pillot CM Vergers Clos de Marc...superb and a point...with appetizers. Not really at all an aperitif wine, but whatever, the 104 year old vines showed through...

Canlis, btw, is really a worthwhile destination. I'm not sure there's anything quite like it. Absolutely time warp building, designed by Roland Terry and beautifully updated over the years...lounge piano, somehow you step back to 1963 without feeling weirdly retro. We realized we need to go more often, esp since it's just a couple miles from our house.

Then headed to our old well worn classic, Cafe Campagne. The old running shoe. We were married in the old Campagne space above. Had a 2014 O Raffault Picasses, which is just so on and perfect. That wine always seems to hold the brett/VA on the margins, enough to interest but not OTT.

The Mme's 60th was earlier this year and we had more pyrotechnical bottles for that, but somehow the evening last night was just fun and perfect. I'm a lucky guy!
 
Often, it’s the not so “special” bottles that give us the most pleasure.
Or maybe it just feels that way when the time is right.
Congrats.
 
The author of the Rule of 15 is drinking Picasses at age 7?? I’m gobsmacked. Regardless, congrats to you both, BJ. Many happy returns.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
The author of the Rule of 15 is drinking Picasses at age 7?? I’m gobsmacked. Regardless, congrats to you both, BJ. Many happy returns.

Mark Lipton
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they do make Les Barnabés for this purpose!
 
Fair enough. But bear in mind the Rule is meant for high quality Northern Rhone reds, although I reserve the right to break it and extend it at will!

Honestly I'm glad you all put up with it all, but it does seem like a good Rule.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
Big fan of Canlis. Having a drink at the bar is required, and the list is fantastic. Time warp in the best sense.
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The list does look great (at a glance) and the prices seem - quite frankly - beyond absurd. Is that really the new normal in good US restaurants now (prob always was in NY, but not everywhere)?
 
I think the Olga Picasses may have changed a bit at some point in the aughts. The 07 was drinking well by age 10 and so were wines right after it. They still need some aging, but it may be that the days when you shouldn't even look at it before age 20 are over. Then again, the most recent vintage I have is the 10. So maybe it was just for a couple of years.
 
Yeah, we had the rest of the bottle last night, and it was on the decline. I don't see any upside gain on the '14.
 
originally posted by BJ:
The Mme and I celebrate 10/25Hi all,

the Mme and I celebrated our 10 year wedding/25 year together anniversary last night. Very fun...started at Canlis where we enjoyed a bottle of '14 JM Pillot CM Vergers Clos de Marc...superb and a point...with appetizers. Not really at all an aperitif wine, but whatever, the 104 year old vines showed through...
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So ... the rule of 15 applies to affairs of the heart, as well as those of the cellar?
 
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