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DaleW > wrote:

> On Jan 3, 11:07?pm, Dee Dee > wrote:
>> I went into Whole Foods to get a one-ounce taste of a Y'quem at $20 an
>> ounce. (shot)
>>
>> They didn't have it, so I tasted a Barolo 2000 Monprivato at $5 per
>> shot.
>>
>> Then I tasted a Chateau Pavie 1982 Valette St. Emilion 1st Grand Cru
>> at $10 per shot.
>>
>> I suppose to really taste, I would've had to let it decant, do a
>> little rolling it around in the glass, sniff like a fool, gargle it,
>> let it roll around on the front, middle and rear part of my tongue,
>> and jump up-and-down like Gordon Ramsay, and of course, drink more
>> than an ounce.
>>
>> For a novice, (you know who you are who call me a drinker of Charles
>> Shaw), the only remarkable note I can make is that I liked the color
>> of each wine. ?(Not purple.)
>>
>> I could not taste nor smell any of the usual buzz words descriptions:
>> tobacco, cassis, etc.
>>
>> Guess I'll have to keep trying those $10-$40 bottles of wine. Surely
>> someone will tell me I couldn't had a better taste test for $16 with
>> something different. ?But I enjoyed it.
>>
>> Tasted another one at $1 a shot --
>> Chateau Haut-Piquot 2005 Lussac St Emilion.
>>
>> Dee Dee

> Hey, you might mean first taste of an expensive wine, but if you
> didn't think some wines you had tried were good, you wouldn't still be
> trying! Good doesn't have to be expensive.

> I like the '82 Pavie, a nice lighter St Emilion, very different from
> the newer Pavies.

> Prices are better than restaurant pricing (figure the Mascarello is
> $150 in a restaurant, '82 Pavie is probably $250+). Not bad for
> tastes. 1 oz is hard, though.

> thanks for reporting.

1982 Pavie was, in my opinion, expressive of terroir and was a true
Saint-Emilion and the Valettes who owned it were delightful people who
understood their wine and their heritage.


Timothy Hartley