1999 Frederic Magnien Morey St-Denis

[VouvrayHead]

Les Monts Luisants

My first white Morey St-Denis.

Terrific wine. Nose of honeysuckle, peach, some nutty yeastiness.
Very rich wine, yet totally dry with notes of apple, some sort of liquer, and vanilla. Big minerality at the end.
That said, might have drunk this too young. A really distinct nuttiness is just developing. These were half off at around $25, I'm going to grab some more if I can and wait a few more years.

Nice wine...

Do any California Chardonnays taste like White Burg?
I've been tempted by the Montelena, but the recent discussion of it makes me a little more hesitant. I've liked 80% of the the white Burgs I try, and like 5% of the California Chardonnay I've had...

Have an 01 and 03 Pine Ridge Dijon Clone sitting. Will drink them at the same time later this year. Maybe they'll do the trick?

Anyway, one of my students came up with this poem in my English class. The assignment was to write a poem about resignation and solace about the transience of life. Could be any format as long as it was fairly brief.

Sunrise, sunset
The days get shorter
Even in the spring

Well done! Issa couldn't have done much better...

[This message has been edited by VouvrayHead (edited 02-20-2007).]