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Yes, Hamlet by the RSC can be a truly seminal experience in the original English; every academic I know working in literature thinks that their particular field is superior to all others "with the obvious exception of Hamlet". Shakespeare gets to the...
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Romy,I'm so glad that you're enjoying your trip. Now, this is a rather partisan recommendation since I spent the better part of my youth there, but Oxford is truly a wonderful city for a visit; the disparate but wonderful architecture of the various ...
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Paul, yes, good vineyards frequently hold back substantial reserves even of their top wines, which then magically "appear" on the market when prices hit their apogee following the en primeur kerfuffle, or a certain critic saying a certain thing.I kno...
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I absolutely agree; whilst one's palate does expand its capacities over time, and whilst experience leads wine professionals to - on the whole - be able to predict what a young wine will do, I know that I myself cannot usefully taste more than about ...
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Sweat I did, but put on my very best poker face which, funnily enough, I find much easier to maintain whilst playing poker than I did when confronted by this array of spectacular wines. It wasn't the monetary value either; one simply cannot get most ...
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Indeed. Funnily enough, I almost never recommend the Meo-Camuzet Blanc, for the reason that the quantities available are absolutely minute and I don't want it to become "popular", since the 20 cases I tend to buy every year could conceivably evaporat...
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Yes, anything from Raveneau for $70 is a bargain. In addition, his 09s are spectacular - unlike most others - meaning that they're underpriced due to the vintage's bad reputation. Furthermore, anyone tasting the close-knit, incredibly intense purity ...
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No problem at all. I'm always happy to discuss wine; for some reason my appetite for music and vino never seems to falter - strange that true excellence is equally hard to attain in both spheres, which I suppose would make the pursuers thereof masoch...
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09 is fine for the Montee de Tonnerre; I would certainly give it a try if you can - anything from Raveneau is usually excellent.As for the best Bourgogne Rouge, that's usually akin to asking for the best poet in Belgium, but as it happens I've tried ...
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Ah yes, how could I have forgotten Montrachet DRC? Also totally spectacular stuff, right up there with Lafon, Leflaive and Lucien Le Moine. Actually, when requiring an excellent white Burgundy and not feeling like spending $700 per bottle, and having...
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I did one such newsletter many years ago at university; one description I recall was "have you ever - inadvertently or otherwise - tasted your own earwax? Well, embrace and amplify that thought, add tannins that could strip paint at five paces and ga...
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Yes, what an outrageous assertion! Yes, Rieussec is always a good thing, but I strongly recommend Gilette Creme de Tete and Sudiraut Cuvee Madame, since these special cuvees from somewhat less illustrious estates can be obscenely good, and decently-p...
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Yes, actually drinking the stuff isn't much fun, but at $5000 per case, who's complaining? I mean, you probably paid around $500 in 2005, so that kind of return in a mere 8 years is not to be sniffed at; that said, I do not see this meteoric rise con...
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Adrian, there's nothing wrong with owning a few cases of 2000 Pavie, as long as you consider it an investment. After the 2000 Primeur tasting in Bordeaux I bought everything I could; my fortunate position within those circles allowed me to obtain a f...
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The dreadful Ms. Bize did indeed have a small holding of DRC, but this is ancient history and very acrimonious. Nowadays de Villaine detests her with a passion beyond words, but then again, he must derive enormous satisfaction from what abuse she inf...
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I will always have trouble with the notion that persons who can neither spell, nor employ grammar to kindergarten level, could possess sufficient "music IQ" to tell us all how wrong we are - a group of persons apparently highly-educated, well-travele...
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Nothing wrong with those wine-swirling devices, although they do strike me as being an elaborate solution to a simple problem. That said, they do the job, and people like their wine gadgetry. PS If you're getting burning rubber on the nose - and you ...
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Montrose is one of those funny ones that, whilst not exactly at the top of the tree, seems to last forever, as is the tendency with some St. Estephes. All I can suggest with that is to return what you have left to the cellar for another 10 or 20 year...
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I don't see DRC wines as being Parkerized at all; they are, and always were, simply rich, grandiose, and as extracted as one might expect from 8hl/ha yields from the very greatest of Grand Crus, while at the same time being the last word in finesse. ...
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As for your theory of forced oxygenation, I think that I would err on the side of a vigorous decanting, followed by a little patience. A 52 Ausone will never be a 61,, no matter what violence you perpetrate upon it. Aggressive oxygenation of young wi...
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Oh, and yes, that is pretty much the Champagne sine qua non for aging; you've done really well there. 20-30 years is not unrealistic for the very best 90s, as includes even the 1990 Pol Roger Vintage. You need to be so careful to keep the bottle angl...
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There was no dessert wine per se during the Bolly meal; just ascending richness and intensity, coupled with a body so full as to be atypical even for a butch Champagne house like Bollinger. To my mind, Sauternes should be consumed with either Roquefo...
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Yes, I have, but there aren't nearly so many around as people think. It is only the austere, often Blancs de Blancs style that's well suited to prolonged aging, most particularly those wines coming from the Clos de Mesnil, or just the ultra-rich, mas...
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The honor is mine, sir.de Charlus...
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Tokaji Essencia, Mosel Eiswein, some of the Massandras and the best BAs and TBAs are pretty much indestructible, but this is not to say that the bad vintages of Sauternes last forever (the other wines I list above are only made in great vintages) alt...
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Yes, I did not find Munich to be an epicure's wet-dream, which is a shame since there's so much else about it that's good. Same thing about Frankfurt, except in that case it's even more frustrating since so much good wine comes from near there, since...
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There is that, but I cannot recollect having been to a 3* restaurant and it having been crap. That said, whilst all that precision and pretty presentation is all well and good, the sort of food that I now enjoy tends to be of the comfort variety, or ...
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London has more Michelin stars than Paris now as a a matter of fact; I shall be very happy to provide no end of excellent restaurant recommendations for you. It is actually German food that I've had a hard time coming to grips with - unsavory bits of...
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Clark, as long as the d'Yquems have been well-cellared - and this is easily determined by looking at level, seepage and color - they should both be very good right now, although the 67 is the star. Most 62 Sauternes are over the hill now, but fortuna...
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OK, understood. If you wish to hear Cessaro, along with some interesting source components and amplification, then Purite Audio is the only place that I'm aware of, and I understand that it's set up quite a bit more like the Definitive Audio thing th...
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