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peterlynnwine wrote:Wine is fun, it doesn't matter what is on the label, it is about enjoyment...way too many people take it way too serious.
The notes I made is the way I enjoy wine whether it is 59 Petrus or 07 Samuels Gorge Tempranillo which is a seriously sexy drop...
Cheers,
Bick wrote:peterlynnwine wrote:59 Petrus very tasty
28.59 VCC were exceptional
76 Dom was Ok
47 Cheval from 3L was corked AGHHHHHHH
85 Dujac was a highlight
59,99,01 DRC were out of this world
Maybe there could be a separate forum here for slightly smug, blase reports of ultra-decadent tastings, short on any useful detail, that the great unwashed (like myself) will never get the chance to attend. Then I could ignore them, without getting a touch vexed before I've even had my first cup of tea for the day. Is it only me?
Back on planet earth, in the last few days I've had: 06 Kumeu River Hunting Hill chardonnay - very good; 08 Cloudy Bay sauvingon blanc - good; 03 Waipara Springs sauvignon blanc - still hanging in there, surprisingly (screwcap)!
Bick wrote:Maybe there could be a separate forum here for slightly smug, blase reports of ultra-decadent tastings, short on any useful detail, that the great unwashed (like myself) will never get the chance to attend. Then I could ignore them, without getting a touch vexed before I've even had my first cup of tea for the day. Is it only me?
odyssey wrote:Bick wrote:Maybe there could be a separate forum here for slightly smug, blase reports of ultra-decadent tastings, short on any useful detail, that the great unwashed (like myself) will never get the chance to attend. Then I could ignore them, without getting a touch vexed before I've even had my first cup of tea for the day. Is it only me?
Well said. Seen the occasional pissing contest posts on some other forums too
orpheus wrote:If you are finding a particular wine sexy, then I think you need to talk to your analyst. Probably buy them a bottle and drink it with them, so they know what you mean.
I'm happy to be your analyst, particularly if its Petrus, Krug, Grange, Margaux.
peterlynnwine wrote:Sometimes I think they taste like fast cars....does this mean I am sick!!!!!
TiggerK wrote:peterlynnwine wrote:Sometimes I think they taste like fast cars....does this mean I am sick!!!!!
No, just spoilt!!
orpheus wrote:If you are finding a particular wine sexy, then I think you need to talk to your analyst. Probably buy them a bottle and drink it with them, so they know what you mean.
I'm happy to be your analyst, particularly if its Petrus, Krug, Grange, Margaux.
WineRick wrote:peterlynnwine wrote:Wine last night....
59 Petrus very tasty
28.59 VCC were exceptional
76 Dom was Ok
47 Cheval from 3L was corked AGHHHHHHH
85 Dujac was a highlight
59,99,01 DRC were out of this world
and there was a pet lion in the room!!!!! weird.
Not only was the pet lion there, but also the Toronto Police Commissioner - don't know what was scarier.
(Last year there was an elephant outside the tasting, which, in a state of boredom leaned against an adjacent jeweller's window, pushing the glass in and setting off the alarms - TRUE!)
Great tasting, started at 6 pm, finished at about midnight - 53 wines - about a wine every 8 minutes.
Only two wines stuffed - the '47 Cheval Bl. (mag) and '28 Vieux Ch. Certan (mag)
Rest ranged from tired but fascinating, through to remarkable and then just mind-numbing.
(I think Peter must have been focussing on some feminine tasters, because he missed quite a few.)
No particular order, but the first wine set the mood for the night, a '29 Mouton - tired but hanging in there.
Then,
'29 La Chapelle which was mind-blowing, and a great wine to get us focussed!
Also had La Chapelle '59,'61,'99
DRC Richebourg '07, Vosne Rom. '99, Rom. St Vivant '76 and La Tache '59, '76,'82, '01, as Peter would say "all very tasty".
Dujac Clos de la Roche '80,'85,'01 - all fantastic.
Remoissenet Clos Vougeot '64 (mag), Richebourg '49, '61
Ch.Latour '29 (mag), '59 (mag), '61 (mag) - Frederic Engerer pronounced them all authentic!
Ch. Margaux '85, '97 (6 Litre)
Ch. Lafite '29, '98
Ch. Mouton '92,'94,'96,'01
Ch. Haut Brion '29,'95
Cheval Blanc '47 (mag), '97
Leoville Les Cases '45, Palmer '83, Ducru '61, La Mission H B '59
Ch. Petrus '61 (mag), '70,'97, Chapoutier La Sizerane '04, L'Ermite '04 (6 Litre) Fantastic wine, v. fresh.
Dom '76, '78 (mag), both fantastic, Taittinger Comtes '76 (mag) also.
Ramonet Batard Montrachet '92, Boillot Mersault ' 02 - both great.
But the wines of the night would have to have been the 1921 Ch. dYquem and a double-magnum of 1985 Yquem.
The '21 was golden brown but with some life left, and the '85 simply sensational.
Last wine poured was a 1827 Madeira, needed a 'slash' by this stage, put the glass down, and when I came back - you guessed it - it was gone. A staff member cleaning up at midnight had tipped it out! Had tasted it though - searing acidity.
Sorry for the skyte Ric, but you did ask what we had been drinking.
winepunter wrote:G'day everyone
Mystery solved. I spent two hours getting a lesson in winemaking 101 from Rick Burge who was here in sunny Hobart yesterday showing off his current range of wines and he showed me this thread. The wines he mentioned were served at the 80th birthday party for his agent's dad. By the way he loved all the ponce tasting talk after his posting.
I notice people were asking how to get invited to a tasting that includes these types of wines - answer - get to know the right rich people. Maybe we could set up a relationship website designed to match up rich people with deserving wine lovers? A book and reality TV series could follow.
Cheers
PJ