Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's still standing, Jayanand. I was going to have it tomorrow with the creme brul?e I made tonight, except life intruded and I didn't get to make the stuff. I hope to make the creme brul?e tomorrow instead, with the emphasis on "I hope!" I'll take a selfie with the empty bottle eventually, but I rather suspect it may give my face a green colour cast :-) Douglas On 01/08/2019 18:08, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information