Well, Francois, you have a new instagram follower!
What an epic meal. That was a joy to read.
Well, Francois, you have a new instagram follower!
What an epic meal. That was a joy to read.
As always a great read, and I also follow you on Instagram!
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Thank you Francois for a wonderful description of the wine and food.
Great read! Nice to see you posting here again.
Amazing notes. It’s worth pausing to note that the 1945 Mouton is/was half as old as the 1869 Lafite… when those grapes were being pressed, the Lafite was just a mere 76 years old.
Thank you Francois for returning to the board, and for your notes on those legendary wines.
I had the '61 Jaboulet-Aine Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ once, from a half bottle, at a dinner I will never forget at Vivarois (at the time, a Michelin *** in Paris). It was the fitting conclusion to the greatest wine evening of my life. That was in 1982. What a wonder for you to have it at 60 years of age rather than 20.
Dan Kravitz
Thank you for all the nice comments. Concerning vertical of Yquem, when I started collecting, I went to auctions and I was helped by an expert in wine who accompanied me in order that I do not make mistakes.
This expert told me that I should buy a century of Yquem, because I could sell if for a fortune. I began to buy old Yquem and at one moment I told my friend : “this is completely stupid, because if I have a century of Yquem, when I drink one bottle, I destroy the century”. And I decided to buy the years that I had already in order to be able to drink one.
I did not push this idea which does not correspond to my philosophy, which is : I buy to drink, I do not buy to have.
And despite this refusal of making a century collection of Yquem, I have drunk 101 vintages of Yquem in the last 22 years.
Cheers to all and thank you for your nice words.
Absolutely amazing dinner and collection of legends. Thank you for sharing this experience with us François!