[Leica] Fwd: IMG: Chateau 61 Revisited

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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.
>
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> 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>
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>
> 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 brulée to go with it.
>
>
>
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