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Just a perfect day- well almost

Sunny autumn day, visitors and birthday to celebrate. Lunch with fresh prawns, crab and the russian "konge krabbe" with a nice glass of Cloudy Bay "Sauvignon Blanc". A rest on the terrace in the sunshine overlooking the still sea before opening a bottle of Taittinger Champagne while preparing dinner.
The food and wine pairing had been investigated and the filet of deer was to be matched with the last bottle of the Gruaud Larose 1989 from St.Julien. The nerves were hitting a high when the cork was unveiled; wet cork all the way and particular wet at the bottom part. Uff, despite cool storage and upright position for a week...
Anyway the filet of deer was prepared to perfection, wine decanted and kept just below 18c. The wine was then served and the perfect day was in creation. The wine was smooth and silky and just perfect after 20 years in the making and matched perfectly the deer that almost "melted" in the mouth. The perfect wine with perfect deer and the perfect match!!

The carafe was soon emptied and a bottle of Leoville Poyferre 1995 was decanted as a follow up. Another dodgy moment appeared as the cork smell was unmistakable dusty, oh no! This time our luck had ran out as the wine had just started being effected by the cork, it was however too good on the palate to be thrown away..

But what a magical moment thanks to fresh Norwegian deer and an old Gruaud Larose 1989 from St Julien. Just a perfect day!!! Life is really too short to drink bad wine....


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