The last PWC wine dinner this year feature half a dozen bottles of Bordeaux 1997. I didn't have 1997 champagne, or white on hand and could not find Sauternes of that year, so an NV champagne and other whites and dessert wine have to stand duty in their stead. (If I had more people and I have all those wines of the same 1997 vintage, 7 clarets with one each of champagne, dry and sweet white Bordeaux would make a nice 2-century line-up, but that was not to be.)
Although 1997 was not regarded as a good year, and got awarded scores in the high 80s to low 90s range (those I could find scores for ranged between 87 and 90), the wines actually drank better on the night than their scores suggest. I had a port to finish, to go with Xmas pudding; so I also got some Stilton for the cheese course, but that's another story and another tidbit!
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