On Apr 25, 7:19*am, Emery Davis > wrote:
> Unfortunately this was not a great success. *First, it was the village
> MstD, not the Clos. *The wine was in a mislabeled 3 bottle wooden case,
> otherwise I think I would have dispatched it some time ago. *(The
> mislabeling was probably my fault, it wasn't the original storage. *Must
> have happened nearly 20 years ago, though.) *The level was good but the
> cork was pretty fishy: shrunken almost.
>
> The wine itself was, I think damaged, and as such not really worthy of a
> tasting note. *Very light brick red. *A little nose of violets and
> cherries, some griotte and mushroom in the mouth but altogether very
> short and over the hill. *We drank it anyway, and it did acceptably with
> the pigeon (which was excellent), but I would not have served it to guests.
>
> With the first course, genuiyne americun shrimp cocktail (somehow had a
> hankering, go figure!) the 2005 Luneau-Papin L d'Or was excellent as
> always, and even stood up quite well to the heat in the cocktail sauce.
>
> -E

Too bad. I've had some very good 88s, even some village, but I'd guess
20+ years is more than the DdL MSD is really ready for.
Glad the Muscadet was good!
Jealous re the pigeon.