1973 Bouchard P&F Pommard…not sure when I bought this but was looking for a CdP and figured I’d open it and if dead do the CdP. Nose of leather, dried beef, cranberry, red plum, and a hint of coffee grounds. Palate is red fruit, crisp acid, bay leaf, and an iodine note. Far from dead at 51 years old. Solid showing.
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That’s good to read, Phil. I’ve only had the Droin bottlings, and really enjoyed them. Any of the other producers efforts of particular note? I have a Louis Michel 2020 in the cellar.
The 2021 Louis Michel was drinking great but youthful obviously. I didn’t buy it in 2020 and I’m wondering why. I got Les Clos instead. La Chablisienne has the Château Grenouilles which is another stellar example. I now realize that outside of these 3 producers I haven’t had any others. This might be why I’ve never had a bad one 
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Awesome!
What’s the story behind the bottle?
Casual night with my wife and kid watching college football and just relaxing.
The kid made some excellent Old Fashioneds with Oban 14, then “demanded” a mature Bordeaux. I’ve created a monster.
The 1998 Langoa is pretty solid, lovely core of red fruits interspersed with the darks, but lacking the next degree of complexity to make it something to chase down. I have four remaining, will let them sleep more to see what happens.
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Vilmart Emotion '14
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Humble request: more wife and kid, less feet 
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I cropped the pic a bit, it showed more of my chiseled cycling calves! I didn’t want too many folks swooning!
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Retirement plan?
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Just happened to have that link handy?
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I wanted a big bottle for this occasion. Last year I went through what K&L and JJ Buckley had available. Most of it was relatively young but this one looked interesting. I did the same with my daughter’s wedding last year and came up with a 5L 1996 Cantemerle. That was a real score, great wine.
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Rex Ryan disagrees.
I reckon the 1996 the best Cantemerle of the decade.
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Nice Zweisel 
