Smiles All Around...

The 1955 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild was awesome. Clearly the best bottle of this that I've had, it took a good 15 minutes to really open up. Awesome cedar, clove and tons of Lafite tobacco, with sweet cherry fruit... drank like a 25 year old wine, not a 50 year old wine. Very, very nice... the 2003 de Trafford Strohwein, Stellenbosch, South Africa rocks... I've always loved this extraordinary vin de paille. Sweet baked apricots and unctour peaches. A great, long, lingering finish... sweet without being cloying.