I think you got the best experience. I did it myself and it was much better than my one experience with DRC-La Tache in bottle. But that was because the French hosts who poured it at a dinner were having snitty marital spat, which dried out my mouth and made the wine taste like bargain bin plonk. (Almost).
Beautifully written. I truly felt as if I were there. It brought back memories of my visit to Petrus many years ago,
And of our cycling trip through Burgundy.
When we rode past the vineyards of La Romanée, a man and his horse were ploughing the soil. It was a magnificent sight that held our attention for quite some time. It was wonderful to watch how the man (Jaco Berger) with great patience guided his horse into the next row after each furrow was completed: “Souphy! À GAUCHE!” The little creature clearly had a preference for turning right.
Jaco had a good laugh when my husband asked whether he was the owner.
“No,” he said, “if I were the owner, I wouldn’t have a horse — I would have a Ferrari… :-)”
A long time ago I said “barrel samples are She Loves You. Properly aged wines are A Day in the Life.” Both are legendary, but one has become what it was truly meant to be.
I think you got the best experience. I did it myself and it was much better than my one experience with DRC-La Tache in bottle. But that was because the French hosts who poured it at a dinner were having snitty marital spat, which dried out my mouth and made the wine taste like bargain bin plonk. (Almost).
Oh! How disappointing.
Beautifully written. I truly felt as if I were there. It brought back memories of my visit to Petrus many years ago,
And of our cycling trip through Burgundy.
When we rode past the vineyards of La Romanée, a man and his horse were ploughing the soil. It was a magnificent sight that held our attention for quite some time. It was wonderful to watch how the man (Jaco Berger) with great patience guided his horse into the next row after each furrow was completed: “Souphy! À GAUCHE!” The little creature clearly had a preference for turning right.
Jaco had a good laugh when my husband asked whether he was the owner.
“No,” he said, “if I were the owner, I wouldn’t have a horse — I would have a Ferrari… :-)”
What a great story!
A long time ago I said “barrel samples are She Loves You. Properly aged wines are A Day in the Life.” Both are legendary, but one has become what it was truly meant to be.
Nice.