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UPDATE FROM PARIS. President Elect Judy Erdman has been
tranferred to Paris for 4 months and will return 12/10/98. Judy attended
at least 3 winetastings in November and filed this report:
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Dégustation de Grands Vins du Bordelais, Club OEnophile,
Les Ulis, France. Saturday, November 21, 1998. If you should ever
find yourself in Les Ulis (a suburb of Paris) this is a group you should
visit - in fact, I think we should establish a "sister" wine group much
like the "sister cities" program.
President (and Mayor-Senator of Les Ulis) Paul Loridant, and Members
of the Board of Directors, Roland and Claudine Mercier-Maitrepierre were
my hosts for the evening. Les Ulis has a town vineyard ans a town wine
cellar (under the municipal library) and the Club OEnophile has a section
of the cellar - that is where the wines we tasted last resided. Approximately
80 members attended this tasting - a very popular event! I was presented
with a club pin, a club wine glass, a bottle of wine from their vineyard/cellar
and a bottle of 1990 Château Chasse-Spleen. |
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We first tasted two 1992 wines: a Château Lynch-Bages, Grand
Cru Classé, Pauillac; and a Château La Lagune Haut-Médoc,
Grand Cru Classé. Both were excellent in color but young and need
more time. They were served with bread, paté and slices of smoked
meat.
Next, we tasted two 1989 wines: a Château Cos Labory, Grand
Cru Classé, Saint Estèphe; and a Château Leoville-Barton,
Grand Cru Classé, Saint Julien. These wines were big, lush, and
ready to drink and enjoy. They matched well to the main course, which was
chunks of Venison marinated in red wine with a rich dark gravy, pommes
de terre, and haricots verts.
With salad and cheese, we tasted two 1990 wines: a Château
D'Issan, Grand Cru Classe, Margaux; and a Château Chasse-Spleen,
Moulis-en-Médoc. The margaux had elements of anise, grass... the
Chasse-Spleen, straw - actually I stopped taking notes at this point and
just enjoyed!
However, I do remember we finished the evening with a mystery wine
that turned out to be a 1989 Haut-montravel which was delightfull with
the poached pears and apples.
Cheers to the Club OEnophile! They really made my stay in Paris More
enjoyable.
President Elect Judy ERDMAN. |
