A fun night

The first table brought some excitement (wine wise) with a bottle of 1991 Ridge Monte Bello, stored at the estate until this year. The label is slightly different than regular labels, having a gold finish vs the classic black on ivory. The wine was just as elegant as always. I love Ridge Monte Bello. I always have. It has the classic Ridge nose - slightly bretty, slightly cedary, with lovely plums. Very powerful, but this wine is showing restraint right now as well. This still has a decade left in it. Great wine. This was topped at the last minute by one of the great Champagnes I've ever tasted - the 1985 Louis Roederer Cristal en Magnum. This wine is yeasty, but not in Krug/Bollinger kind of way. It's delicate... this is Champagne at it's most refined - not it's most decadent. The finish on this was unlike any other Champagne I've ever had (including 85 Cristal out of 750ml). It's just so perfect... made us speechless.