Vintage
The Rarest French Wine
By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 22, 2014
Vintage
Christmas Eve
Mount Shango
Festive dinner
Two bottles of 1940s
French wine
War years
Super rare
Part of an art deal
Carefully opened
Gently decanted
Sediment avoided
Sip on the lips
Initial taste
Rested for twenty minutes
Poured
Consumed as it blossomed
Explosion of flavors
Peaked
Then died
Aftertaste of
The fallen