Some 51st birthday wines

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
2002 Andre Beaufort Polisy Brut Millesime

On opening it's precise, steely, penetrating and long. With air some light brioche emerges and the more air it gets the more complexity emerges. Very, very good.

MMVII Marcel Lapierre Morgon

Beautiful floral nose, powerful dark cherry fruit on the palate. Really showing much better than the MMIX at this point.

2008 Mugnier NSG Clos de la Marechale

Opened one day earlier. Much more expressive nose than yesterday, plum and lily on the palate. Thinned out a bit from yesterday but still very good.

2009 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese

Intense grapefruit on the nose. Kaleidoscopic on the palate, a constantly shifting palette of flavor. I wish I had a pallet of this stuff.

1999 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese

Nice! This was a lovely pure wine which I'm told got even better later on but I was starting to fade at that point.

1995 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Auslese (375)
Either supporting evidence for the "Donnhoff can't age" crowd or a bad bottle.

1898 Henrique & Henrique Verdelho

As a general rule I don't like Madeira. However, this was long, complex, sour and sweet and lithe and complex. This and the 1934 of the same wine are the only 2 madeira that I have not only liked, but
 
That 09 Muller Scharzhofberger was something special. As was the Madeira. No shortage of great wine, really. Happy birthday again, here's to more that you can celebrate like this.
 
These wines seem... familiar.

Your memories of yesterday cloud your judgment of the Mugnier. Both Salil and I took one glass of it and no more.

The Muller did not remind me of grapefruit so much as rose loukoum and apricot, with a pineapple in the far distance. Wine of the night.

The champagne took considerable air to develop its charms. I'd seriously consider decanting a half a day ahead next time.

The MMVII was vinous and tannic and crisp and full of brandied cherries. Good stuff.
 
I think the vineyards in that part of the Saar are some of the most memorable I've ever seen. Every time I round the bend below the Gottesfuss, driving upstream from Trier, I get a little thrill. Of course, one can't see Scharzhofberg from there, but it's not far.

Jay - Happy Birthday. Drink well.
 
Happy birthday Jay.

On the subject of Donnhoff defense, I have never been happy with the wines that Kronheim brought in (before Terry moved to Skurnik). Most of my '95 and '96 Donnhoffs (and Selbachs to name another) have been cooked from right about day 1.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

1999 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese

Nice! This was a lovely pure wine which I'm told got even better later on but I was starting to fade at that point.
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AP#7 is way cool, is that what you had?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

Your memories of yesterday cloud your judgment of the Mugnier. Both Salil and I took one glass of it and no more.
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Now, now. Who says tasting is Markovian.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
originally posted by Jay Miller:

1999 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese

Nice! This was a lovely pure wine which I'm told got even better later on but I was starting to fade at that point.
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AP#7 is way cool, is that what you had?
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Schaefer Himmelreich is rarely, if ever, brought in by TT in multiple AP numbers. Domprobst is another matter, having come in under 1, 2 or 3 different APs in different years.
 
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