TN: 1959 Dinner - Comtes (‘06), Huet x 2, Imperial, 890, Cos, BAMA, Magdelaine, Coulee de Serrant

[Jayson_Cohen]

Wow, great notes, sounds like a great dinner

1959 is not the best vintage in Rioja

But I think a very good vintage, just overshadowed by 1958? At least I’ve had very good luck, with excellent bottles of MdM Ygay GR and the 890 (sad that yours was corked). I’ve gone through several half bottles of CVNE Vina Real Riserva this year and even from that format I’ve enjoyed them all

Thanks, Dale. Maybe the praise on ‘59 Rioja was too feint, but as noted this bottle of was in great shape.

[Charlie_Carnes]

Charlie, let’s pick a weekend to fly up to NYC to join these boys in their revelries! I don’t think NYC has experienced country in Gucci high-tops. I’m 59 all over that.

I would love to. I have some new kicks that would be appropriate!

[Dav3_Dyr0ff]

Amazing!

[David_Glasser]

Wow, what an incredible selection of wines. Great descriptions.

Cool idea to celebrate a restaurant’s anniversary with wines from its birth year. Has Racines really been around for 60 years?

[Jayson_Cohen]

Wow, what an incredible selection of wines. Great descriptions.

Thanks!

Cool idea to celebrate a restaurant’s anniversary with wines from its birth year. Has Racines really been around for 60 years?

Corrected to make clear it’s the vintage’s 60th anniversary, not the restaurant!

[David_Glasser]

Oops, misinterpreted there. Still a very cool idea to organize a tasting of so many great 60 year old wines.

[Francois_Audouze]

Very interesting and nice notes.
Before 1989, the year that I have drunk the most is 1959 with 302 wines drunk.
Good performance of Magdelaine on which I would not have bet compared to BAMA.