WTN: Good enough for Jehova
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:14 pm
I haven't seen halibut here before, but tonight I saw a lightly smoked chunk at my local shop. Having read that it is a lovely fish, I bought it. I agree - truly good enough for Jehova.
William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2004 13% abv; many€
Light gold colour. The nose was surprising: a lovely aged Chablis character of minerals and orange and flowers. It smelled as mature (and as lovely) as the '88 Moutonne we had when Wade Hostler was here this January. So certainly not like bad cooking sherry that POxed Burgundies apparently should taste like, but not at all youthful either. Rather it tasted like a Chablis at its optimum age. Needless to say, I really loved the wine and with two of us drinking it, it evaporated in just 1½ hours - quite a fierce rate, a magnum would have been welcome. Lovely, but utterly unexpected.
-Otto
William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2004 13% abv; many€
Light gold colour. The nose was surprising: a lovely aged Chablis character of minerals and orange and flowers. It smelled as mature (and as lovely) as the '88 Moutonne we had when Wade Hostler was here this January. So certainly not like bad cooking sherry that POxed Burgundies apparently should taste like, but not at all youthful either. Rather it tasted like a Chablis at its optimum age. Needless to say, I really loved the wine and with two of us drinking it, it evaporated in just 1½ hours - quite a fierce rate, a magnum would have been welcome. Lovely, but utterly unexpected.
-Otto