[Leica] Fwd: IMG: Chateau 61 Revisited

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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