billay Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) So I'm watching football with 2 friends yesterday. It's a little special as the 3 of us used to work together at a hotel, and when we did we NEVER got to hang out together. So we're enjoying this first opportunity to hang. We've ordered some pizza and the beer is flowing, until my boy pulls out a bottle of wine and asks us how we thik it will go with the pizza. We look at the lable and both our jaws hit the floor. Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1985 "85 Lafite, pizza, and football, needless to say, it was a good day Edited September 18, 2006 by billay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brownsfan420 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I guess pizza counts as a cheese pairing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Nice bottle of wine. My notes say that you drank it at the right time. Any tasting notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 mmmmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 Any tasting notes? A touch of fruit on the nose, very well balanced, with silky tannins. Good legs, very little fade. I was expecting a little more complexity on the finish, but it was fairly straight forward. Not that I have the greatest palate in the world, mind you. It wasn't very complicated, just very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 So I'm watching football with 2 friends yesterday. It's a little special as the 3 of us used to work together at a hotel, and when we did we NEVER got to hang out together. So we're enjoying this first opportunity to hang. We've ordered some pizza and the beer is flowing, until my boy pulls out a bottle of wine and asks us how we thik it will go with the pizza. We look at the lable and both our jaws hit the floor. Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1985 "85 Lafite, pizza, and football, needless to say, it was a good day Tell your friend that there is pizza at my house next Sunday!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 A touch of fruit on the nose, very well balanced, with silky tannins. Good legs, very little fade. I was expecting a little more complexity on the finish, but it was fairly straight forward. Not that I have the greatest palate in the world, mind you. It wasn't very complicated, just very good! Right on. You probably caught some oak/cedar as well. And not the kind some of you perverts are thinking. I've had a few Chateau Lafite-Rothschild's and always picked up those notes pretty heavily. I went to an auction last year and they sold off some '86 for a hefty price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I thought this was going to be a experience like Stiffler drinking a glass of :cough: in American Pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Curious as to how the color held up after 20 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Curious as to how the color held up after 20 years? Very little fade, just a touch of age around the rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 God I love old Bordeaux. I tend to prefer other high end wines on the younger side, but Bordeaux just gets so damned sexy as it ages. I'm fortunate enough to have a really good client that I do dinners for who's got a freaking amazing cellar, so I've been fortunate enough to try a few over the last few years. My favorite lately wasn't nearly as old as you 85 but since it was from a so-so vintage probably tasted "older". He fired open a 93 Haut Brion that, while lacking abundant fruit just had nuance for days. At first smell you might have thought it was even cooked, but it was just the fact that it was so exotic. We served them side by side with a 92 Phelps Insignia which was much bigger and was holding its fruit but seemed sort of one dimensional next to it. Of course, I prefered the 94 DRC La Tache that was poured at the previous course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 God I love old Bordeaux. I tend to prefer other high end wines on the younger side, but Bordeaux just gets so damned sexy as it ages. I'm fortunate enough to have a really good client that I do dinners for who's got a freaking amazing cellar, so I've been fortunate enough to try a few over the last few years. My favorite lately wasn't nearly as old as you 85 but since it was from a so-so vintage probably tasted "older". He fired open a 93 Haut Brion that, while lacking abundant fruit just had nuance for days. At first smell you might have thought it was even cooked, but it was just the fact that it was so exotic. We served them side by side with a 92 Phelps Insignia which was much bigger and was holding its fruit but seemed sort of one dimensional next to it. Of course, I prefered the 94 DRC La Tache that was poured at the previous course. I sooooo need to hang out with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogohawk Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 A touch of fruit on the nose, very well balanced, with silky tannins. Good legs, very little fade. I was expecting a little more complexity on the finish, but it was fairly straight forward. Not that I have the greatest palate in the world, mind you. It wasn't very complicated, just very good! I actually found a bottle of that at a small liquor store in St Louis when I was visiting there many years ago - I could believe it. Laying on the bottom shelf in back of some other wines - and get this - priced at $70. Opened it with some close friends for my 40th birthday (let's just say it was a few years ago ) Absoluely outstanding ... or as my friend said "Good Stuff!" Followed it up with a bottle of '94 Insignia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampnuts Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 This thread is so ghey I'm going to drink a beer and eat some pork rinds just to wash it out of my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 This thread is so ghey I'm going to drink a beer and eat some pork rinds just to wash it out of my mind. Go for it fat ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 This thread is so ghey I'm going to drink a beer and eat some pork rinds just to wash it out of my mind. +1 I had a really good September 06 Zeigenbach Amber last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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