TN: Betsy's birthday dinner w/3 1959s and other wines

Well done, Dale! What a great event, with fantastic food and wine (and I have little doubt of the quality of the company). Your experience with the '59s is awe-inspiring, both for the excellence of your choices and the good condition of the bottles.

This was a vintage-labeled version? I just recently got the latest release of the NV Pinon Brut from CSW, but haven't cracked one yet. I picked up the latest Foreau Brut to compare it with, too ;-)

Congratulations to both you and Betsy, Dale!

Mark Lipton

Nice choice of wines. Great call serving a Loire sweet with ankimo!

Well, my "choices" were based mostly on the relatively few 1959s that I could afford. I got lucky, out of 6 only one (Lanessan) was tired, but I think that was more wine than storage- and it was the cheapest and still provided some pleasure. Ferrari Jonica, Caillou, Ygay were from trusted retailers, other three from online auctions (Moulin Touchais from France, Talbot and Lanessan from winebid. So I got lucky.

Yes, 2004 vntage. I like the NV Pinon too, usually a great value.

I've enjoyed the 75 and 85, but not tasted anything younger (though I have a couple 89s)