Yesterday was day 100 post transplant, the first milestone in the long road to recovery. We celebrated with a bottle of 1990 Vieux Chateau Certan, which was purchased around 1998 (in the UK). This is a Pommerol, made with predominantly merlot grapes, but also a good proportion of cabernet franc and some cabernet sauvignon. The wine was beautifully mellow, still with some tannins, and very rich and well rounded. In 1996, Parker predicted a plateau of maturity for this vintage between 2003 and 2020, so he was spot on! We have two more bottles in the "cellar" (which is not a cellar at all, but a collection of Eurocaves).
I still have the phlegm and greenish tongue, more or less the same as before. It looks like it is not going to go away unassisted. Aside from that I am in good health, ready to start work tomorrow, and looking forward to going to Honfleur in ten days time.
Meanwhile, the Indian summer continues here in the UK, with another sunny day in the high twenties; the golf course beckons ...
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