Louis/Dressner Wine Dinner at Poole's Diner, Raleigh

[TheEngineer]

GREAT writing as always WOW. I imagined myself in the room with you tasting and even thought about what the old gentlemen who like the Clos Rougeard looked like (...me???...).

I've never had an old muscadet but now can imagine that it has the structure to last a few years. 11 is higher than I would have thought though, though it is Papin.

I am a Big fan of Clos Rougeard wines meself! They are difficult to get and 05 is a very very good year...of which I was only able to track down locally about 1 case mixed (they have two levels higher than the "case" Clos Rougeard. Le Bourg is the toughest to find and I never even saw the dust trail that was left after their sales....at $135+ a bottle. I've not popped open any 05's yet but have had the 02, 03 and 04 now. Fans of Clos Rougeard will tell you that they are most impressive in poor vintages and I will admit to loving the 02 the most, even though technically the 03 and 04 are better wines. The 02 had this haunting, graceful, fleetingness about it that I will never forget.