Burgs, Bordeaux and Barolo

Wow, Bill, does this person actually like and drink wine, or do they just like collecting it? I recall Robert Parker once telling the story of visiting a collector who had this enormous cellar of wine (stored well, though). The guy opens for Parker a 20-year old Duboeuf Beaujolais-Villages that was totally shot. I don't quite get the mentality. Wine for me, and for more of us I'd wager, is all about sharing and conviviality. The biggest dilemma for me when I'm opening a wine at home for just myself is which one I can open and not miss, since the good ones I want to open with others to share.

Glad you had a few that were in good shape.

Mark Lipton

Sad tales, glad the Cos and Barolo made up for it (kinda)

t a bottle. Lunch was an antipasto and salumi platter, bread cheeses and c old sliced tenderloin.

totally brown and bitter. Very little fruit and the nose was basically ap ple cider vinegar.

torage issues. Why one would spend this kind of money on wine ans store in the furnace room (I thought it was supposed to be stored in my basement... duh)is beyond me. Not as bad as the Leroy but very brickish, nose of sour cherries and little left on the palate but tea.

s and cassis. Lovely texture and rich ripe berry flavors. "A-"

s. Effusive nose of spicy cherry and red fruis with a floral note. Lots of ripe fruits and spice on the palate with tar and anises on the finish. "A"

Typical story....more money than sense. He likes serving trophy wines but hasn't a clue. I see it often. The DRC was still in it's traditional stra w bundle wrapper and I was excited to try it but was so disappointed. It w as interesting because the fellow who brought the two Burgs thought they we re bad when he tasted them but declared that he was tired of buying expensi ve wines only to have them taste like sh*t. Hmmmmmmmmmm.