A (very) old wine dinner
Tuesday 24 December 2024
Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that proved why. Left to right: the ill-fated Barolo, Silex, mystery Mosel, 1961 Clos René and 1998 Lapierre Morgon.
I don’t think London-based private equity lawyer and wine collector François Feuillat is aware of the Libération Tardive movement dedicated to persuading people to age wines as long as they deserve, but he is a poster boy for it.
He decided to organise a dinner dedicated to seriously old wine for fellow wine collectors of his acquaintance. He explained to me by...
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