On Jan 6, 6:28*am, Timothy Hartley >
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> * * * * * DaleW > wrote:
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> > 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)
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> >> They didn't have it, so I tasted a Barolo 2000 Monprivato at $5 per
> >> shot.
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> >> Then I tasted a Chateau Pavie 1982 Valette St. Emilion 1st Grand Cru
> >> at $10 per shot.
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> >> 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.
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> >> 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.)
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> >> I could not taste nor smell any of the usual buzz words descriptions:
> >> tobacco, cassis, etc.
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> >> 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.
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> >> Tasted another one at $1 a shot --
> >> Chateau Haut-Piquot 2005 Lussac St Emilion.
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> >> 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.
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> 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.
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Thanks everyone for your interest and replies.
This wine was tasted at Whole Foods, Fairfax, VA.
Dee Dee