For our upcoming 25th anniversary, my wife and I are going on Friday for our first time to Pineapple and Pearls in DC. We’ll be at the bar, so we have a choice of participating in the beverage pairing or BYO with the tasting menu (that one can’t view ahead of time). We would usually go with a red burgundy in such situations. If you were I, would you select:
Ponsot 1993 Chambolle Charmes
H. Lignier 1993 Morey St Denis 1er cru VV
Groffier 1993 Bonnes Mares
Beverage pairing; wait and open a bottle (which one?) for a quiet dinner at home on actual anniversary date
Please do NOT recommend 1) opening multiple bottles or 2) enjoying both the pairing and a bottle. We’d like to enjoy each other’s company and not nod off on the ride home.
Thanks for any advice,
Peter
25 years is too important a celebration to be temporarily set back by a potentially sub par bottle of Burgundy. How many supposedly great Burgs have we opened that under perform? If you do go for the Lignier, as many have suggested, I hope it over performs.
Ponsot made really good 93’s and it’s not a vintage in red I’m particularly fond of.
Chapelle and Griotte are delicious.
Never tasted the 93 Chambolle Charmes.
Good luck!
The Lignier Morey is one stunner of a wine. I actually prefer it to his clos de la Roche. Also goes back to when romain was making the wines there. No brainer.
Thank you everyone! I can’t believe everyone (well accept for the auslese and beer exceptions ) actually stayed WITHIN the parameters laid out. Are you all feeling ok?
Now, for the embarrassing admission. I can’t find our orphan bottle of 1993 Lignier! I’ve had it, I own it, I’ve misplaced it. (At least I found two bottles of the '98 – not as good and not relevant to our anniversary, but still…) Man, I wish there wasn’t such strong consensus for that wine. My goal will be to find it by next year.
In the meantime, I guess I’ll bring one of the other bottles and see if the beverage manager talks me into the pairing instead.
I really appreciate the advice,
Peter