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• The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 10, 2020 - For the last three years, I have coached my son's high school J.V. basketball team. If you have ever coached your child, you know how it can be both rewarding and maddening. This year, he was called up to the Varsity, for which I serve as the assistant coach. Up until recently, my son had not been called upon to do much as he was third or fourth off the bench on a team of just nine. The last couple of games, though, he has started and, for the most part, played rather well. Tonight, with his team down one, he grabbed the rebound off of the opponent's missed free throw, threw a perfect outlet pass and sprinted up the court. The ball was quickly moved up the sideline and into the hands of one of the better players on the team. He drove to the basket and hoisted a shot. It missed. It careened off the other side of the basket and into the hands of, yes, you guessed it, my son. Without hesitation, he grabbed the ball, jumped, and shot. The last second peeled off the clock and the horn sounded as the ball was in the air.
  
  He missed. And we lost.
  
  Both he and I were crestfallen (more my son than I--I have been around that block before). When we got home, I pulled some champagne. My son, incredulous, asked why I was celebrating and I offered up the oft-cited quote from Napoléon Bonaparte:
  
  “In victory, you deserve Champagne; in defeat, you need it.”
  
  A dark gold in the glass with notes of oxidated peach and pear, and freshly baked well-done croissant. The palate is equally if not more enticing with all kinds of yeasty, citrusy goodness. The sparkle is faint, but the flavors are not. Whoa.
  
  I tried to get my son to try some, but I was worried his tears would dilute this rather extraordinary wine. thedrunkencyclist.com

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• Shrages commented:

  2/7/20, 4:51 PM - Sweet review! You had me on the edge of my seat.

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