Countdown to 80s Bordeaux event: final house keeping issues

[Comte Flaneur]

Three days away from the annual New York City Bordeaux themed dinner, October 15th at 6pm

This year, 2011: Non-trophy vintages from the 1980s

Venue, as usual: Fabio Piccolo Fiore: 230 East 44th Street between 2nd and 3rd

Time: 6pm sharp please, we have a lot of wine to get through!

******PLEASE BRING STEMS************

The stems at the restaurant are OK - the big and robust type - but better to bring your own

Participants:

Tom Rippe, Mike Reff, Salilb, Jon B, Ramon, Chris and Marjorie, Jacques and Jill, Ian and Maureen

Suggested line up


1994 Pape Clement Blanc

1985 Belair
1985 Canon
1988 Vieux Chateau Certan

1983 Brane Cantenac
1983 Rauzan Segla

1985 La Lagune/Leoville Barton? - Jon B/OWN please confirm

1985 Cos D'Estournel
1985 Gruaud Larose

1981 Pichon Lalande
1983 Pichon Lalande
1988 Pichon lalande

1981 Chateau Margaux
1987 Mouton Rothschild
1988 Mouton Rothschild

1988 Lynch Bages
1988 Gruaud Larose
1988 Pape Clement

Chris's 1980 surprise
Tom’s Cali Ringer

1988 Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey
2007 Chateua de Meyrat

[AlexR]

Jeez, looks like a FABULOUS line-up.

I'd have LOVED to be there with you...

Alex R.

[stefan]

Looks great. You have some wonderful wines there.

No one has 1984, the worst vintage of the 1980s?

[Comte Flaneur]

My guess is that with may be one or two exceptions - Latour? - the 1984s have been on the downslope for some time stefan.

But it would have been nice and am looking foward to trying Chris's 1980, maybe we should bump it up the order.

I got a batch of 1984 Moutons which I paid 25 pounds a bottle for in the early 1990s. They were delightful. Super value, but I suspect they might be cracking up now.

Not so the 1987 Mouton based on my tasting a couple of years ago. Super duper wine and could be a dark horse on Saturday.

Early favourites for WOTN: Pichon 83, Cos 85 and Margaux 81

[tim]

Jeez, looks like a FABULOUS line-up.

I'd have LOVED to be there with you...

Alex R.

We'll have a fantastic lineup in Bordeaux as well, and drink a toast to the East and West Coast events!

Kinda cool actually that there are three simulataneous dinners happening amongst some BWE'ers in three different places!

[tim]

I think the 83 Rausan Segla will be the surprise of the evening!

[Claret]

Jeez, looks like a FABULOUS line-up.

I'd have LOVED to be there with you...

Alex R.

We'll have a fantastic lineup in Bordeaux as well, and drink a toast to the East and West Coast events!

Kinda cool actually that there are three simulataneous dinners happening amongst some BWE'ers in three different places!

Coo! We will toast our friends worldwide.

[Comte Flaneur]

A big day for BWE, it will go down in the annals of history....

Earth tyo Old Wine Nut...hope you are still coming and let me know which 85 you want to bring

Ian