NYE at Mr. Kane's

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
While we were unable to settle the vital question of whether the existence of Jar Jar Binks or Hayden Christiansen's acting was the greater crime we did agree that the food, wine and company this New Years eve was fantastic.

NV Camille Saves Brut - not bad, but I prefer the rose by a wide margin

2001 von Schubert Maximin Grunhauser Qba - light, lively, eminently gluggable wine

1999 Nikolaihof Jungfernwein - Haven't had this since release and while it's mellowed a bit still pretty much the same wine and still delicious.

1994 Allemand Cornas 'Reynard' - wonderful subtle, beautiful wine. Kept getting better in the glass though Brad claimed it had fallen off by the end of the evening (when I had stopped drinking). I suspect he was wrong.

1995 Jim Barry "The Armagh" Shiraz - I don't think the oak on this will ever integrate.

1994 Montrose - So 1994s are coming around, who knew? Still a bit tannic (no surprise) but a wonderful match with the prime rib.

1988 Lagrange - A bit closed despite its early decant it really blossomed in the glass. Certainly more resolevd than the Montrose but both were extremely enjoyable.

1997 Huet Clos de Bourg Moeulleux 1er Trie (375) - decanted for several hours it was showing very well indeed

1990 Chateau Suduiraut - rich, delicious Sauternes. Should remain at this peak for 10-30 years or so.
 
A fun night, indeed! It had been way too long since I did a surf and turf.

Coad clearly pulled an April Fools with that Armagh. Gruesome stuff. Everything else was most enjoyable. You forgot to mention the '89 Muller-Catoir Gewurztraminer Auslese, Gimmeldinger Meerspinne, which I had recently picked up. Excellent fill and I was hoping it still had some of the magic it had in its youth, but, alas, it was like checking in on a long lost friend that, well, wasn't really with it anymore. Rather limp and dull with a strong Lychee character and medium sweetness, but not much else going for it. Fifteen to twenty years ago, this was a killer wine.

I was happy with how the '94 Montrose showed and thought it pretty typical. Has all the rough edges that most '94s have, but smoothed out nicely with the prime rib. I found the nose stellar, though. Full of of crushed, sweet black currants, violets, spice and earth. Fill was perfect and the looked like it was from a new release. Could've sat in the cellar quite awhile longer.
 
Never doubted 94s, unless already spoofed.
Cheval was mighty cool a few months ago.
Violets in Montrose?? Did they change barrel suppliers for that one vintage?
FWIW, I recently popped a '96 and it was classic.
 
The Nikolaihof was the Jungfernwein. And there was a charming, if somewhat atypical Desvignes Morgon going around.

What we really needed was more damn food.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
Never doubted 94s, unless already spoofed.
Cheval was mighty cool a few months ago.
Violets in Montrose?? Did they change barrel suppliers for that one vintage?
FWIW, I recently popped a '96 and it was classic.
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The '89 was dazzling recently.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
The Nikolaihof was the Jungfernwein. And there was a charming, if somewhat atypical Desvignes Morgon going around.

What we really needed was more damn food.
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Was it because dinner was two hours late as usual and everyone was ravenous?
 
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
Hungry?
originally posted by Chris Coad:
The Nikolaihof was the Jungfernwein. And there was a charming, if somewhat atypical Desvignes Morgon going around.

What we really needed was more damn food.
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Was it because dinner was two hours late as usual and everyone was ravenous?
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Well, Jay made his latest sous-vide machine from an old Water-Pik so portions have to be carefully controlled.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

NV Camille Saves Brut - not bad, but I prefer the rose by a wide margin
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Had the rose for the first time this NYE and while I've loved the brut, that rose is in a whole different league.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

1988 Lagrange - A bit closed despite its early decant it really blossomed in the glass. Certainly more resolevd than the Montrose but both were extremely enjoyable.
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I had the 1988 Fiefs de Lagrange last night with my Uncle, who bought it while he was working in France in the early 1990s. It was a terrific bottle, not at all closed, really aromatic, lots of aged C.S. character with an earthy profile, and just a bit of tannic bite. Given that the second wine is doing this well, I am jealous of anyone who has `88 Lagrange sitting in their cellars.
 
originally posted by John M:
originally posted by Jay Miller:

1988 Lagrange - A bit closed despite its early decant it really blossomed in the glass. Certainly more resolevd than the Montrose but both were extremely enjoyable.
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I had the 1988 Fiefs de Lagrange last night with my uncle, who bought it while he was working in France in the early 1990s. It was a terrific bottle, not at all closed, really aromatic, lots of aged C.S. character with an earthy profile, and just a bit of tannic bite. Given that the second wine is doing this well, I am jealous of anyone who has `88 Lagrange sitting in their cellars.
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Had the last bottle from my uncle's case of 1988 Fiefs de Lagrange a couple of evenings ago. Maybe not "a terrific bottle" like the one before it, but quite good. No hint of a tannic edge on this bottle. Given the 30+ year run for this case of wine I would say that that my uncle made a really good purchase.
 
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