Some wines in the cellar

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
I had to miss the La Paulee Grand Tasting but some nice wines in the cellar made up for it:

1999 Pol Roger Winston Churchill
Started out a bit dull but really put on layers with air. A wonderful Champagne

1988 Salon
Started out seeming dead, with air it morphed into a delightful caramelly note. Maybe not a pristine bottle but delicious nonetheless. For those who remember these things I'd say it's halfway between the bottle Manuel brought to the 1988 dinner with Jayson, Marty and myself before Jayson left for lawschool and the bottle he brought to Inside a few months later.

2007 Cuvee Marie Jurancon Sec
Delicious

2005 Pied Franc Verdelho
I can't make out the producer from my photo but this was amazing. Vibrant and young. Verdelho in the style of HGS era Muller Catoir. Unfortunately from what Manuel says the winemaker departed and the current wines are not nearly as good

2001 Cazin Cheverny
Another surprise that Manuel had intended for early drinking before he left for the DR. Wonderfully alive with great grapefruity intensity. Who said 2001 was a weak vintage in the Loire?

2007 Scherrer OMV Zinfandel
Started out much riper fruitier than a bottle last year but with air it developed a luscious harmonious berry profile.
 
I thought the zin was a Scherrer?

I missed the dead stage of the Salon

the verdelho was all about the nose. But then Manuel told me it was supposed to be all about the nose. Then all was well.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
I thought the zin was a Scherrer?

I missed the dead stage of the Salon

the verdelho was all about the nose. But then Manuel told me it was supposed to be all about the nose. Then all was well.
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You are quite right,I've fixed in the above post. The only 2 zin producers I buy these days...

Maybe not dead but it certainly seemed a bit tired and over the hill on first pour. Huge, huge improvement with air.
 
I could argue the improvement of Winston Churchill with air was more dramatic.
 
originally posted by Howard Cooper:
Jay, sorry you weren't at the Grand Tasting and we did not have a chance to catch up.
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Yes, I got back from a business trip around 2am on Friday morning and then Saturday was crazy with planning for the Hong Kong trip I'm leaving for so I sold my ticket to sasha who had missed out on buying his.

It worked out, the evening unexpectedly freed up (Arnold had to go help a sick friend) so I went to the cellar to pick up some wine and ran into sasha (who amazingly could still drink), Alex and Manuel.
 
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