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Pastimes : Tasted Any Good Wines Lately? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cgraham who wrote (160)	12/31/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 300

....I know a bit about Red's, prefer St Emillion...had a nice 75 that dad gave me which I am saving, and was once was served a Roumanee Conte at a dinner party...too heavy for my taste..but every one else was in heaven. ... As they should ! The Romanee Conti you are describing, is the direct cousin of my favourite red wine of all, Richebourg, they are very similar, and yes I have had a bottle or two, years 1985 & 1986, of both and their cousins La Tache, Echezaux, Gran Echezaux and Romanee St. Vivant, (this last one is supposed to be a little lighter, personally I have never had this one).... I mean no disrespect to the sacred priests of the Romanee, but I prefer Richebourg..... but make no mistake, I will accept their suggestion any day, without question ! Some people have described the Romanee Conti, as "the most expensive wine in the world", and "sometimes the best" (of the reds), and of their little circle which are the wines of the "Domaine Romanee Conti". Now these wines are Burgundy, the wine for Kings, the finest. These are Pinot Noir (the grapes). With all due respect to the Oregon growers, a few Californians etc. etc. etc.... there is no way, I repeat, there is no way they will ever repeat the greatness of the above wines, their efforts are commendable, but they just won't be able to. And if they do, well all the merrier I will be to buy their treasures, hopefully at a less expensive price than the Burgundian giants.... but I just know it that There is only one place for the Pinot Noir, and that is Burgundy. The wines above, as the d'Yquem discussed earlier, are in a class of their own. As to your suggestion to give the d'Yquem to your father is certainly a good one, however perhaps you may want one day to open the bottle with him in a few years, meanwhile see if you can learn to acquire this taste, you can "practise" with other Sauternes, and if you develop a taste for them, then prepare yourself to enjoy "The Bottle" with your father.... I think you should not deprive yourself of this experience.... view it, shall we say, as... ahem, losing your virginity... he, he, he..... Certainly Chateau d'Yquem, is the one to do it with Once again... enjoy.