I do give thanks that my close friend Nick is a part of my life. He generously invited me to join Lan, Alexander and his parents for Thanksgiving lunch. It was a lovely visit and we opened some good stuff. No formal notes, these are more impressions
Mouzon-Leroux L’Incandescent Champagne was sparkly and zippy, with presence and red-fruited presentation. Liked this.
2000 Chateau Lanessan showed very well, decanted for a couple hours. Classic Bordeaux, with nicely refined tannins now and traces of sweetness and spice. It was a pleasure to drink.
1985 Dow VP was very nut-centric on the nose. In the mouth, it gave me a sense of being a more complex ruby port. Went well with the blue cheese.
Best of all was to spend time with Nick and Lan and their adorable son. So happy I get to do this.
cheers,
Mike
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Nick, where are my invites??? 
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First of All: Open Invitation 
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Second of all, I could have sworn you specifically told me last time I wrote you that your next potential visit was February 
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Mike was amazing with my 90-year-old father . We slummed it on Champagne because my dad is embarrassed drinking high end stuff (true story). But we had charming Claret & Port.
My Palate was shaped by Claret & Vintage Port, as that’s what my father bought for his family in my youth. So this was a Traditional Thanksgiving, albeit moving to 2000 now as opposed to 1982.
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DC in Feb. Nothing planned for the Triangle at the moment. Say hi to your folks from me.
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Happy Thanksgiving MIke and Nick. Sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving visit.
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Thanks to both of you, Don and Mike—hope you also had wonderful Thanksgiving celebrations with family/families.
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