TN: New friends, new wines, a few old favorites

] sediment present. I enjoyed this, but don't feel like the bottle showed ] its best. Don't know whether this was an off bottle, was suffering from ] travel shock, or got a bit stirred up. Everything was there, but it was ] a little clouded and the volume was a little low. Other than the

Thanks for the terrific notes, Jim. Sounds as if great fun was had by all, except those left to do the washing up.

I often wonder about travel shock when hearing about such an offline -- especially when bottles have _really_ travelled. Personally I have seen many diminished results, even when bringing something across town to a friend. I know I rarely drink anything without letting it rest for at least several weeks.

Thanks again for the great report.

-E

Jim, I'll write up notes once I get some sleep, but let me thank you now for your efforts setting this up- great night! You picked a great place- food was very good- and I know corkage/BYO isn't normally an option in Japan. So thanks for your work (and for gathering such a nice group!). My opinions and yours were pretty close on most wines - look for notes soon.

Emery, I'm guessing some travel shock might have hurt the Meyney. Travel shock was main reason I went with a Bordeaux over a Burgundy(I've had bad luck ttransporting Burgs). I thought that (with 4 days rest for sediment) that the Meyney was young enough to do ok. But without decanting facilities in room, I'm sure there was some disturbance as we trained over.