Tuesday started off as a very innocent day with plans to drink a few older Pinot’s and a chance to eat some delicious Veal Chops. What actually happened defied the laws of wine drinking and damaged our egos tremendously. Saxon’s cellar took one of the greatest hits of all time. It’s a good thing we got a great day of skiing in yesterday to soften the blow.
Here are the wines…little detail…because little is needed. Mind you, this was just me and Steve.
We started off with a very nice white out of half bottle that turned out to be the best of the bunch until the Hungarian.
2005 Vincent Girardin Puligny-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes - Killer stuff for just $10
The original 4 wines:
1996 Martinborough Pinot
1998 Martinborough Pinot
1969 BV Beaumont Pinot
1980 BV Beaumont Pinot
All completely dead…I mean gone.
So following that debacle we decided to start raiding the cellar for some of the good stuff. All of the following wines in order and all…DEAD:
1978 Simi Reserve Cab
1986 Dominus
1977 Mondavi Reserve Cab
1974 Krug Lot F1 Cab
1994 Flora Springs Hillside Select
1991 Newton Merlot
1991 Pride Cab
Some not completely dead but way below what they should have been:
1991 Togni Cab
1997 Pahlmeyer Cab
Some of the day’s best:
1998 Quilceda Creek Cab
1998 Kay Brothers Amery Hillside Shiraz - Turned out to be a really nice Shiraz that still needs a few years.
2000 Smith Haut Lafite
We then decided to indulge and ate some Chocolate Cream Pie. We pulled the last cork around 4:30pm:
2000 Chateau Dereszla Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos - This wine was rockin’ with tons of bright fruit and acidity. Thank God! We finally got one right.
Basically, this was the biggest FAIL lunch I have ever been a part of.
New buying strategy…buy only Burgundy. [1974_eating_popcorn.gif]