Question . . .

[dananne]

We had the last bottle from the half case of '97 Grand Mayne last night. Out of the six, one was heat damaged, which likely explains why they were on closeout in the first place. The rest, however, were fine and more than made up the difference, as they evolved into lovely bottles. In fact, the one last night seemed to be just hitting the top of it's game, and it would have gone another 3-5 easy before starting the downward slide. Gorgeous red fruits with that dark chocolate element everpresent. Polished tannins continue to hold the package together, and the finish was long and lovely. Now I wish I hadn't rushed to drink them, as it would have been nice to taste again after 15. But, you never know with these sorts of things -- I could have been carefully tending to vinegar for all I knew. As it turned out, though, we got the opportunity to drink a bottle of 10-yr old Grand Cru St Emilion for all of $12 bucks. So, can't complain too much.

Oh, and the WS "drink to '04" advice was insanity.

[This message has been edited by dananne (edited 03-04-2007).]