Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That
Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing dust
awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.

While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity of
having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also demands
a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du Viking Vouvray
Tendre. What is your's?


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Joseph Coulter wrote:
> Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That
> Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing dust
> awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.
>
> While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity of
> having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also demands
> a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du Viking Vouvray
> Tendre. What is your's?

I'll be jumping the gun by a day and opening an '88 GC Burgundy tonight
with a duck salmis a la Hoare that I prepared this week. I have two to
choose from and I haven't decided which one to open yet.

Mark Lipton


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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:12:03 -0600, Joseph Coulter
> wrote:

> Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That
> Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing dust
> awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.
>
> While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity of
> having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also demands
> a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du Viking Vouvray
> Tendre. What is your's?


I still have four bottles left of the 1970 Pichon Lalande.
Unfortunately they haven't been stored in the best of conditions, and
should have been opened long ago.

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Ken Blake > wrote in
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> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:12:03 -0600, Joseph Coulter
> > wrote:
>
>> Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open
>> That Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing
>> dust awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.
>>
>> While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity
>> of having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also
>> demands a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du
>> Viking Vouvray Tendre. What is your's?
>
>
> I still have four bottles left of the 1970 Pichon Lalande.
> Unfortunately they haven't been stored in the best of conditions, and
> should have been opened long ago.
>

I opened my last bottle of the '70 Pichon Lalande on this past Valentine's
Day with my Wife (PL is her favorite wine). Other than the fact that the
cork crumbled and we had to filter the wine, it was excellent. My storage
is very good (except for the low humidity of the desert) and your wine may
be different since you said it wasn't kept in the best storage conditions.
I still would be optomistic.

Fred.

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:12:03 -0600
Joseph Coulter > wrote:

> Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That
> Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing dust
> awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.
>
> While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity of
> having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also demands
> a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du Viking Vouvray
> Tendre. What is your's?
>

Well, in the interest of having an excuse, we invited a couple of
friends over and defrosted a rabbit, served roasted on a bed of
potatoes, almonds and pancetta with Ricard and gooseberry sauce.

88 Haut Bailly (Pessac) Deep and tarry, classic black fruit, cigars and
some mushrooms, nice and long. Opened well over time, I should have
given it some air but was afraid to. Lovely wine.

89 Haut Bailly: Corked. Phaw. I find it really depressing to keep a wine
for 20-odd years, then it's no good. The cork itself was flawless, level great,
just plain contaminated.

-E
>


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"Joseph Coulter" > wrote in message
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> Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That
> Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that has beden drawing dust
> awaiting, "the right time" That time which never seems to come.
>
> While not my oldest or necessarily best, I am taking the opportunity of
> having several people over to open (with some foie gras which also demands
> a last chance) a bottle of 1989 Gauthier-Lhomme Domaine du Viking Vouvray
> Tendre. What is your's?
>
Marci and I celebrated by opening the 2005 Teruzzi& Puthod 'Carmen Purhod'
we brought back from Italy last October. Served with Mussels and Chorizo and
some crusty Tuscan bread.

The wine is a Sangiovese vinified in white and some terre di tuffi. Probably
the best of the half dozen wines we brought back with us. Rich golden color,
lots of pear and melon flavors, some minerality. Wonderful mouthfeel, almost
like a off-dry Muscat.

Made me wish we had brough back more.

Regards,
Jon