[Leica] OT Chateau d'y Quem and wine tasting.

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

I have only tasted Chateau d'y quem on one occasion, which was my 
fortieth birthday.  That was a long time ago, as my fiftieth is 
approaching fast...A week today in fact...

We had friends around for lunch yesterday and had 1996 Coteaux de Layon 
Saint-Aubin with the tarte-aux pommes that I made for dessert.  This is 
a dessert wine from the Loire Valley and I think I prefer these wines to 
the Bordeaux offerings.  The d'y Quem was very good, but I guess it's 
like hifi, Leicas and other things, where the law of diminishing returns 
  comes into play.

We were in France for my fortieth and our friend (who had six bottles of 
D'y Quem) took us out to a number of Chateaux on the Loire for some 
tastings.  My favourite was one called Chateau de Chamboureau, where we 
bought some 1997 Savennieres, some of which I still have.  It should 
keep for a few years yet.

The chateau was delightfully low-tech, and the wines were to die for. 
We also went to another much larger chateau - Chateau le Fesles (I 
think), where the wines were good, but it was a much slicker, high-tech 
operation, which held less appeal for me.

Happy memories!

For my fiftieth, we're going to stay on a vineyard in Gloucestershire 
called the Three Choirs.  English wines are sniffed at by many, but they 
produce some very pleasant 'quaffing' wine at the Three Choirs.





Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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