It's amazing what happens at dinner when multi-million dollar deals are
at steak. I am a firm believer that guys with class and clout close
more of those deals, because they understand whats classy and sexy. Not
many people come in and order $700 Bordeaux, even though we're in a
mecca of multi-million dollar business. I can only pay hommage to the
wine gods for sending this table my way, because I love Bordeaux, even
though I cannot afford to drink what my palate has grown to love. I am
however, developing some weird other skill to find wines that perform
at a fraction of the 1st growth wines at a fraction the price. One the
nose, bouquet, med+ intensity, loads of spice, cardamom, clove, pencil
shavings, tomato leaf, sandlewood, asian spice, very classic
basement-like chalky earth, no perceivable oaky quality, and deeper
than the last thousand $100 bottles of wine I have tried. On the
palate, dry, med+ intensity, medium tannin, very well balanced,
incredible length. Not massive and structured, but more perfumey and
elegant. I am happy that these wines keep finding me, but they also
keep setting the bar higher and higher. I need to inherit a massive
fortune to cellar this amazing wine. If you have this, I am jealous, it
will deliver for another decade or two.
