Word: montrachet
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...nation's most famed restaurateurs and gourmets gathered to share with the master a simple dinner of chicken bouillon, lobster jellied in champagne, spitted ham and truffles, 80 varieties of choice cheeses, bombe glacee and cake, all washed down with simple white Muscadet and 1947 Pu-ligny-Montrachet. "Simple French cooking is always the best," says Curnonsky. "When you've eaten a perfect meal, you know it, you don't feel...
...Auslese Bercastler Doktor, a prince among Moselles, that was 17 years old and still displayed its fine breeding and sprightly elegance; and few indeed are they who would deny that the 1921 Piesporter Goldtropfchen was brilliant as late as 1939. As for the author's patronizing dismissal of Montrachet, I will restrain myself from protracted disputation, except to ask if he has had the good fortune in recent years to have tasted the 1908 vintage, which I daresay he would concede a wine of truly celestial delicacy. Nonetheless, I should like in conclusion to commend the author, whoever...
...your article was thinking of a Hock, or Rhine wine, grown somewhat to the east of the Moselles, which does have a somewhat to the east of the Moselles, which does have a somewhat greater staying power; but it must be remembered that no white wine, not even a Montrachet, can really be said to improve with age. It is only the great red wines that do this. Harvey A. Leve...