Hooptedoodle #50 - Armagnac de Montal 1965

That one there's the rarest, the De Montal '65.

I was given two bottles years ago, when my father was alive,

On a very special birthday, and I’ve kept it just that way –

For family celebrations, or when old friends came to stay.

Take out the cork, let's try some, just a little taste,

A drop of something cherished in a world that’s gone to waste.

That scent of ancient sunshine - it's strange to call to mind

That I was still a schoolboy when those grapes were on the vine.

And now there's half a bottle left, it’s hardly used at all;

I was saving it for something, but what I can’t recall.

Hooptedoodle 50? – any lame excuse will do!

Let’s drink it down, have done with it, and buy in something new.

Cheers! - MSF