TN: A Graves and a Loire

[Jay_Miller]

Great note Ramon. I’ve got to find an 85 HB, have never had that vintage. Opened an 82 a few years back which was prefectly fine but outshone by some distinctly different company.

Hope you are doing well

Doing well here, Faryan. I trust you’re well, as well.

As I responded to Jay, if we ever do another H-B vertical (I have 1970 and recent vintages) will loop you in.

Ramon

I would be up for a repeat. When this is all over. Maybe Keith Levenberg would come up. He has a thing for HB IIRC.

I have another 1979 or a 1982 if we can do this when Pat is in town. Probably some more recent ones too but I don’t recall off the top of my head.

[Ramon_C]

I remember the 1979 Haut-Bailly back then that was awesome.

A fun night (though Jay’s CSH was my WOTN)
If we did redo I should be able to bring '66 or '00, or repeat the '88

Yes, the excellent 1995 CSH, plus 2 other good whites, and with the featured bottles of Haut-Bailly, all sufficient for 4 drinkers, may have been a bit for our servers at Maison Kayser.

[Mark_Golodetz]

Hi Ramon -

I would be interested in a Haut Bailly vertical as well should this come to fruition but just be forewarned, all of my holdings are recent; 05, 06, 08, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 16. And I also wouldn’t be opposed to sourcing a btl with some age on it through Ben @ Cellaraiders or Mark @ Blacksmith should the need arise. And I can still taste that ‘79 from the same batch that Jay brought to that Graves dinner @ Sutton Inn back in Dec 2018 when Patrick was in town.

I have a fairly large collection of older ones, some recently acquired and still in London. Not planning to bring in anything until tariffs are over.

I can ask Veronique Sanders of Haut Bailly if she would like to be a guest speaker.

[Ramon_C]

Hi Ramon -

I would be interested in a Haut Bailly vertical as well should this come to fruition but just be forewarned, all of my holdings are recent; 05, 06, 08, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 16. And I also wouldn’t be opposed to sourcing a btl with some age on it through Ben @ Cellaraiders or Mark @ Blacksmith should the need arise. And I can still taste that ‘79 from the same batch that Jay brought to that Graves dinner @ Sutton Inn back in Dec 2018 when Patrick was in town.

I have a fairly large collection of older ones, some recently acquired and still in London. Not planning to bring in anything until tariffs are over.

I can ask Veronique Sanders of Haut Bailly if she would like to be a guest speaker.

Good to see interests here, mostly from the usual suspects.

Will look to set something up but, as you well know, it’ll be dependent on where the Covid19 situation stands.

• When will group gathering be allowed?
• Convenient venue/restaurant that’s open to hold dinner?
• Patrick’s travel date
• Is Veronique even allowed to travel to the US these days? Is she fine with doing zoom?

Emails will be sent out once the air clears.

Ramon

[Mark_Golodetz]

Safety is of course our first concern, and I wouldn’t dream of holding this until the virus has gone. Then there are the tariffs.

There is no rush, and I am still going to wait out the tariffs, as the 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1975 are still in England. On principle I have no intention of paying a penny extra; the idea of taxing wine and cheese for the wrongs of the airline industry is absurd and infuriating.

Veronique and I have talked about doing this some time ago; her schedule when she comes here is usually difficult, so zoom may work. I would prefer to hear her insights from tasting the wines, as the older ones were made by her grandfather.