Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, How was it, finally? Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 8:02 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Jayanand, > It mirrors myself - very disheveled and decrepit. Whiskey, even though I > love it, is dead once it goes into bottle, but good wine continually > evolves. I know I should have drunk the Coutet more or less as soon as I > got it, but the level held, especially in the older house. However, > since I moved here, the storage temperature has been a bit more > problematic and far less controllable, and the level dropped > considerably over the past year. My other more recent Sauternes are > holding up though. > > Douglas > > > On 01/08/2019 11:11, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > > Well, it really looks rather disheveled and decrepit..... > > I admire your patience - I would have drunk it long ago. That is a great > > advantage in whisky, you do not have to nurse it along! > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:07 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> Posted this last night, but it vanished into the ether. > >> > >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- > >> Subject: IMG: Chateau 61 Revisited > >> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:49:57 +0100 > >> From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> > >> To: lug at leica-users.org <lug at leica-users.org> > >> > >> > >> > >> A flown bird, I'd suspect - 1961 Chateau Coutet from the Barsac commune > >> in the Saurernes region of Bordeaux. I got this following the death of a > >> friend of mine back in 2001 and tried to nurse it with a view to opening > >> it on his 20th anniversary in 2021. It always had a lower level than > >> optimum, but I forgot to check the cork last year, and at a guess, I'd > >> say it's history. I'll find out at the weekend. One small step for a > >> man: one giant gulp for mankind. > >> > >> Sony A7ii with FE Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8. > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Chateau+61+Revisited.jpg.html > >> > >> Can be seen LARGE if desired. > >> > >> Douglas > >> > >> ps I will be making creme brul?e to go with it. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information