What did you drink tonight?

Had a speed-dating style jeeb in West Lafayette the other day with prof Mark Lipton.

In town to visit Purdue with my oldest, Mark and fam graciously made time to share a glass on short notice with this tired traveller.

What was it, Le Haut Lieu 2014 sec? Whatever, it was lithe and alive, just the thing to revivify after a day of travel.

My selfish side hopes Alan ends up there, for obvious reasons.
 
originally posted by Don Rice:
Had a speed-dating style jeeb in West Lafayette the other day with prof Mark Lipton.

In town to visit Purdue with my oldest, Mark and fam graciously made time to share a glass on short notice with this tired traveller.

What was it, Le Haut Lieu 2014 sec? Whatever, it was lithe and alive, just the thing to revivify after a day of travel.

My selfish side hopes Alan ends up there, for obvious reasons.

2011 LHL sec, a victory for that year (and still quite alive). A most distinct pleasure it was, Don, under rather forced circumstances. I too selfishly hope that Alan's choice falls a given way and we can show you the trilobites and fish fossils we collected.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Lucky you guys, both!

Wen da prof comes NYC??

DC is in the more immediate future, but I might parlay a visit to NYC out of it. When you comin' back to flyover country, winegrrrrl?

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Lucky you guys, both!

Wen da prof comes NYC??

DC is in the more immediate future, but I might parlay a visit to NYC out of it. When you comin' back to flyover country, winegrrrrl?

Mark Lipton

When DC? If it is after Sept. 26, a meeting of the profs L could be arranged. Others might even be invited. Of course, if it is before then, you should still contact the other DC disorderlies.
 
Yes, when D.C., Mark?

Last night, Ghostwriter Chardonnay, 2012, open three days - umm.
Vissoux Fleurie Garants, 2009 - umm umm. I may have to reconsider my recently reconsidered Beaujolais policy.
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Don Rice:
Had a speed-dating style jeeb in West Lafayette the other day with prof Mark Lipton.

In town to visit Purdue with my oldest, Mark and fam graciously made time to share a glass on short notice with this tired traveller.

What was it, Le Haut Lieu 2014 sec? Whatever, it was lithe and alive, just the thing to revivify after a day of travel.

My selfish side hopes Alan ends up there, for obvious reasons.

2011 LHL sec, a victory for that year (and still quite alive). A most distinct pleasure it was, Don, under rather forced circumstances. I too selfishly hope that Alan's choice falls a given way and we can show you the trilobites and fish fossils we collected.

Mark Lipton
The Le Mont Sec 2011 also is very (and surprisingly) good. I had one less than a week ago.
 
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Drunk two nights apart. The extra time did it no favors.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
2011 Grezeaux; powerful, but some brett, hold for a bit?
Depends whether you think the brett will stay within the guidelines of your palate. It was mild now but who can say what the future may bring?

The wine itself is fundamentally strong but the brett soured it up a bit by the second go-round.
 
Things got so bad last week at a conference at Asilomar....I got hungry and thirsty, went to the local Safeway, and bought an awful cubano wrap for $4 and a bottle of Estancia CS...serious slumming these days...
 
2007 Foillard 3.14

Right now, this is a beautiful wine. Restrained, strawberry-cherry flavors catch with the tannins in the back of the throat, but it's all about texture - fine, chalky tannins, the delicate, lacy acidity of aged (good) Gamay, percussive bursts of tartness around the gums and center of the tongue. The finish is a bit short - that is, the 'after-image,' which doesn't persist as long as you'd expect. May be time to drink up from 750.

Happliy, I have another bottle to give to a friend now, and then a couple of magnums for future investigations.
 
Last night a glass of the Laurent Cazottes Goutte de Prunelart. I'd forgotten how much I like this stuff. I never remember I have it and it just sits on the shelf. Beautiful brandy.

If you're reading this - thank you Thor!
 
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