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Chateau La Gomerie 2005 Bordeaux, St Emilion

December 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This was an unexpected surprise from my Uncle Vincent at Christmas time.  An exceptionally good Bordeaux for the price, drinkable alone but would go very well with food, I’m finding it goes particularly well with chocolate. Slight musty on the nose (my favorite quality in a Bordeaux) and lots of Blackberry. What I picked up (before I looked at the notes) is licorice but it’s really latent. Breathe it in deep and the licorice comes in way late and seems to take a couple of seconds to show up (so breath in long and slow) but it’s there. There is also a little  spice in there but light, noticable but light.

Exceptionally well balanced this is a very good bottle of wine, even if it’s a little more than you would usually spend on a bottle of wine.  Makes a great gift for the wine snob in your life.

P.S. The deep plum/ruby color is gorgeous.

Wine Spectator: 95

Alcohol: 14.5%

Winery Name:Château La Gomerie

Appellation: St. Emilion

Region: Bordeaux

Retail Price: $90-$120

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Prediction of US to Break Up

October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/chuckwagon.php

According to Macedonian Radio and Television On-line (MRT), a Russian professor predicts the United States will fall apart in July 2010. MRT reports, “‘Mr. Obama is similar to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev was also making great promises for the Soviet Union, but the situation was only getting worse,’ he said. By next summer, according to Professor Panarin, the US will disintegrate into six blocs–and everyone will get their piece. ‘The probability that the United States of America fall apart in July 2010 is more than 50 percent,’ said Igor Panarin, Professor at Moscow’s Diplomatic Academy within the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

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