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Thursday, August 3, 2023 - This is like holding the bewitching (but, today, doubtless somewhat smelly) Vivien Leigh in one's arms and thinking 'Rhett, old cheese, how can you do anything but ravish this creature?' Part of you knows that another line, apparently delivered to Frank (O'Hara), "My dear I don't give a yam" would be what you should say, but hell, we live but once and pleasure must be taken wherever it is to be found, as often as possible and especially when the object is so gorgeous, whenever it can be found.

On the set of my sprawling film about the nobility of the slave economy 'Strong, like my wind' this wine was being consumed in huge quantities. The only thing that is thirstier work than making propaganda is helping slaves understand how good slavery really is for them. They can be a bit ungrateful.

This wine not only asks to be ravished and enslaved, it demands it. The acid that marks the 2021 Rieslings from the land of Arminius of the Cherusci creates something truly magnificent here. I loved the Spätlese from Prum, but this is a step above. Pineapple, mango, lemon blossom, acid cut that defies all but the moronic to call it sweet, length of finish and intensity all put this in the 'Outstanding' category.

This is great now and it will, like all the true beauties, only get better with age. This wine is gorgeous. If the choice was Vivien or this, then it would be this and consolation with Mrs Palmer and her 5 daughters for me. 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a slam'.

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