A fine evening

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MLipton

Mark Lipton
Tonight I decided to dispose of a duck that was occupying a large swath of our fridge by making caneton aux navets, braised duck with turnips from Normandy. What wine to serve with this dish? After hearing recent mention of the openness of the '02 Breton Clos Senechal I decided that it might make a good duck wine. Down to the cellar and back, a little warming in the kitchen, and on with the meal. Indeed, the wine is showing very nicely now, tobacco and graphite, dark fruit and smoke, rich and lovely. And with the duck, the wine shone even more. I have no doubt that it will continue to evolve in positive ways, but damn it's tasty right now. For the first time, I see the connection between Loire Cab Franc and St. Emilion in evidence in my glass. There was a touch of L'Angelus evident at times.

The dinner was a celebration of many things: recent research discoveries by both Jean and myself, a very successful kindergarten interview by our son, etc. And after the whole meal was over, I went on to score a 40-42 on the Jeopardy! online test (I may be PMing you, Chris).

Life is good,
Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
'02 Breton Clos Senechal tobacco and graphite, dark fruit and smoke, rich and lovely.
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Sounds great. I had some bretty bottles of this a couple of years ago but it sounds like your wine was perfect.

a very successful kindergarten interview by our son
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Private schools in Indiana. Nice.
 
And after the whole meal was over, I went on to score a 40-42 on the Jeopardy! online test (I may be PMing you, Chris).
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They do it online now? How advanced. I'm available for consult, but it's all about the lights and the buzzer.

My advice: watch out for lawyers from Atlanta named "Tad". This guy was sweating and shaking like a leaf backstage, then came out and crushed everyone for five straight days.
 
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originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by MLipton:
'02 Breton Clos Senechal tobacco and graphite, dark fruit and smoke, rich and lovely.
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Sounds great. I had some bretty bottles of this a couple of years ago but it sounds like your wine was perfect.
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I've read on CT notes citing Brett in this wine. Not a trace in mine, but I'm not very Brett-sensitive, either.

Private schools in Indiana. Nice.
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Well, not so simple, Rahsaan. Because his birthday falls in September, Andrew needs to be examined before he will be admitted for kindergarten at age 4 in the Fall. So, he will actually be interviewed by three different organizations: West Lafayette public schools; Lafayette public schools and, yesterday, Lafayette Catholic schools. On a strict academic basis, the Catholic schools narrowly beat out West Layflat, but -- given the option -- we'd just as soon not send him to a school that mandates twice weekly attendance at Mass. Since our local school is officially labeled a "failing" school, the default option really doesn't appeal.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by VLM:
St. Emilion?I too love the 2002 Senechal. I don't really get St. Emilion from it. It reminds me of Senechal.
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I haven't had Senechal enough to claim it as a reference. But the smoky, roasted character (subtle, but there) of this wine definitely put me in mind of St. Em. However, it did a lovely dance between the taut, mineral, herbaceous character of Loire CF and the roasty, smoky character of St. Em.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
Well, not so simple, Rahsaan. Because his birthday falls in September, Andrew needs to be examined before he will be admitted for kindergarten at age 4 in the Fall. So, he will actually be interviewed by three different organizations: West Lafayette public schools; Lafayette public schools and, yesterday, Lafayette Catholic schools. On a strict academic basis, the Catholic schools narrowly beat out West Layflat, but -- given the option -- we'd just as soon not send him to a school that mandates twice weekly attendance at Mass. Since our local school is officially labeled a "failing" school, the default option really doesn't appeal.
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Sounds like a healthy dose of Decisions on the horizon.

Although even if you don't like the religious aspect of Mass, it can be quite good at training young people to sit still and be disciplined. Always a useful trait!
 
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