Ho Ho Ho!!!

Well... it's almost here. Last night the team got together and had a wonderful feast... thank you V! And some wonderful wine! To start... a magnum of Tattinger La Francaise Brut (this is NOT Brut Champagne... it's just not!) which is always a nice way to start an evening! Then, onto a 1999 Dom. Louis Latour Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot which took a little while to open up, but was spectacular. Nice lemony classic LL finish. Nutty and rich. Then, a very special bottle... a 3L of 1997 Trefethen Reserve Cabernet from the Trefethens themselves. I'm not usually a big fan of Trefethen, but this wine was great! It could have used some more time, but was still nicely chocolatey, cedary, and beautiful. With cheese, we had a 1989 Chateau Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape that was unreal... smelling completely of cigar-leaf-wrapper, this wine was earthy, rich, and stinky. Great wine!!!! Better than most of the 1990's that I've had, but certainly ready to drink now. And with desert, a 1981 M. Chapoutier Banyuls that was nutty, rich, oily, and perfect! A great night....