Excess at 50

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drssouth

Stephen South
You only turn 50 once and I have been "hoarding" wines for this event....

Started with

Krug Rose champagne....pale salmon color, yeasty nose with some strawberries....really silky smooth and complex...better and better over the evening....

Next on to...

1961 Huet Le Haut Lieu demi-Sec Vouvray...alc 13%...the cork looks original....this is remarkably fresh and youthful....it has a touch of sweetness with a bit of lanolin and a long finish....great with lobster/shrimp egg rolls... a great showing...

Now on to...

1999 Domaine Drouhin 1999 Marquis de Laguiche Montrachet, alc 13.5%....this started out well and just got better....hint of gunflint...no premox...unctous with apples, pears and a great mouthfeel....not the best ever Montrachet but showing well this evening...

Now on to

1961 Domaine Lynch-Bages...again, what appears to be an original cork and a great fill level....browning at the edges.....nose is fruit/leaves/pencil lead...the fruit still gives pleasure but this bottle was at full maturity....excellent with medium-rare lamb chops....a real treat for those who love/appreciate older Bordeaux

Ending with

1988 Ch“teau d'Yquem, alc 13.5% from a 750 ml....dark yellow in the glass with "long legs"....remarkably this floats gently over the palate with candied orange, honeysuckle and lychee....quite remarkable....years from a possible peak but I'm not sure I will live long enough to see it at its best...

Great time, great food, great friends and great wine....
 
Happy Birthday, Doc! I had that '61 L-B 10 years ago (wife's 40th) and it was much as you describe it. Glad that you had so many good wines to accompany such an auspicious occasion.

Mark Lipton
(one day away from his own b'day)
 
originally posted by drssouth:


1961 Huet Le Haut Lieu demi-Sec
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Mazel tov on the BD.

I opened a bottle of this quite recently for a friend's big event. A good bottle is maybe my favorite demi-sec of all time.

Glad yours was a fine one.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
the '88 is probably my favorite Yquem.
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You spit on the '21?
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If you're opening one, I'll be there to try it and will render a verdict shortly thereof.

I will say the '01 is probably neck and neck with it, but I really like the acid levels of the '88.
 
thrilled to hear 99 Monty showed well.
Happy b-day!
Didn't realize I was toasting in your honour with 61 beych last night. Now I do!
 
originally posted by .sasha:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by .sasha:
61 beych last night.
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Moan.
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didn't realize you were so fond of young brdx.
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I think of '61s as generally headed over the hill, though perhaps not rapidly.

As opposed, say, to '59s.

If the '61 was really young, I'd worry about provenance....

I'm feeling literal today.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
I think of '61s as generally headed over the hill, though perhaps not rapidly.
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About as rapidly as your huet demi-sec from that year.

And certainly not compared to its (if I have my harvest dates right) delightfully mature younger irish twin.
 
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