Help me choose a 1993 wine

P_L_owet · April 30, 2018, 7:03pm

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

William_Kelley · April 30, 2018, 7:07pm

I’d do the Lignier. Really good vintage for them. And that bottling is one of their best.

Nathan_V · April 30, 2018, 7:25pm

This. Wish I still had bottles myself.

John_S · April 30, 2018, 7:28pm

Yeah, pretty easy to pick the 1993 Lignier here.

Anton_D · April 30, 2018, 7:48pm

Beverage pairing!

Big fun, wine paired with each course instead of the same wine for the evening, new experience!

You already own the bottles.

Happy anniversary!

Kirk.Grant · April 30, 2018, 7:55pm

Lignier…hands down. Happy Anniversary!

A_So · April 30, 2018, 8:04pm

Another vote for Lignier.

Matthew_King · April 30, 2018, 8:32pm

A Clos de la Roche in sheep’s clothing!

Scott_Brunson · April 30, 2018, 9:53pm

Did anyone suggest the Lignier?
Home run

Joshua_Kates · April 30, 2018, 10:42pm

Only had the '93 Lignier Chambolles Les Baudes, which was wonderful–didn’t realize that he had had such broad success.

Ed_Kurtzman · April 30, 2018, 11:02pm

The pairing!!

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.

Happy 25th!

RichardFlack · April 30, 2018, 11:13pm

4 - more fun. I defer to the experts here as to which bottle for the private tasting.

Brian_S_t_o_t_t_e_r · May 1, 2018, 12:38am

Forget that, go find a 1993 Auslese with good provenance.

chetkern · May 1, 2018, 2:06am

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!

PCLIN · May 1, 2018, 3:55am

Easy choice, I am a sucker for Hubert Lignier MSD 1er Cru.

Chris_Seiber · May 1, 2018, 5:54am

Just drink beer.

Anton_D · May 1, 2018, 5:57am

No, bubbles!

Jeremy_Holmes · May 1, 2018, 11:37am

The Groffier is a very good wine.

Thomas_De_Waen · May 1, 2018, 1:53pm

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.

P_L_owet · May 1, 2018, 2:36pm

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