A friend of mine gave me this bottle three years ago and we drank it with some pasta with crabmeat in a sherry cream sauce, baked cod and sauteed vegetables. We needed something special to reassure us that the world is not falling apart, that there is still value in the world's capital markets, and that the Knicks may actually field a competitive team this season (ok, I'm just hallucinating on this last point).
The wine is good, I know it's supposed to be special, it had a nice nose of minerals, a refined texture almost like a Chevalier, but on the palate it is a bit lean, like I said before just good not great.
The more we drank the more we felt that something is out of balance. It is obviously not oxidized but the fruit is weak and not getting better. There is a slightly unpleasant bitterness that clashes with rather than enhances the food. I am left thinking that I would have been better with something a bit fatter. A "bleh" experience. Maybe the worse in the markets is not over just yet.
