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| Our sommelier from St Maartin - Thibault |
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| Tim Tebow Tebows |
Quick "Thebot" story. A few years back my family traveled to St. Maartin to celebrate my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary. One of the highlights was a private dinner in a wine cellar - hosted by a Frenchman named "Thebot". After our gracious Sommelier took our order and disappeared into the kitchen, Mrs. Vino broke the ice by saying (to my entire family), "Not for nothing, but I'll bet Thebot gets laid a lot." You can pretty much guess how the evening in the wine cellar progressed from there. You can also understand how I could not resist a 2005 Bordeaux named "Thebot" when I eyed it on the wine store racks a few year's later. Fast forward to today - New Year's Eve Steaks at home - and Thebot seems like a good pairing. This leathery wine is much bigger and more robust than I would expect from a Bordeaux, but at 75% Cab, I suppose that is what shines through. This wine is too earthy for Mrs. Vino, but I'm powering through, almost wishing I liked to smoke cigars. Who needs a photo of the wine label when you can stalk Tebot and find him on Linked in. (He spells it differently, but I'm trying to protect the poor guy.) Normally in my review I tell you to "look for" a wine that I like, but here I'll tell you to keep an eye out for Thebot.
