am sure it is. St E is special to me for personal as well as wine reasons. I have a friend who is a Master of Wine who can tell you every village and the location of some vineyards. But then that is his job. Just had dinner with him last night that included a 2006 Pacherenc du Vic Bilh, a 1990 Super Tuscan that even he had never heard of, and a 76 Burgundy from an obscure village I've already forgotten the name of.
Awesome! One of my goals in life is not to become a wine snob, and stay at the happy wino level. Luckily, I despise white wine, which immediately keeps me safe: a lot of the wine out there I just don't care about. So, I'll happily have salmon with a red wine, f*** the pairing
Sparkling is fine (the house bubbles are Gloria Ferrer blanc de noirs) . But anyways, I probably would have respectfully taken a little sip of the Pacherenc and waited for the reds.
Supertuscans: I don't know what's wrong with me, maybe bad luck, I have never had one that I really liked. Being out of 'specs' should let the winemaker do better, one would think (why would less constrains not be helpful?). Anyways, hope it was tasty. How about that burgundy, was it still alive? I love older wine, I really do. I just, very rarely get to have one. Good for you.
Cheers!