C. & P. Breton, 2005 Bourgueil 'Nuits d'Ivresse

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Karen Goetz

Karen Goetz
Opened 10/14/17 after cellar storage since vintage purchase from importer: Color is deep red with darkness. Aromas are brittle and cold red stony fruits; blackness (cold tree bark); it's a bit tight in the nose; pretty bouquet but cold and closely held; like crimson crushed stones with soot or the old dirt that becomes wedged between the layers of a fieldstone wall, gathered there for centuries and dried there; it is a long, linear aroma, focused and self absorbed (it was decanted for an hour); I liked the bouquet even though it was stern, it had some frozen floral qualities (purple flowers?); then, some real fragrance developed even though it remained composed. Tasted severely beautiful; a stillness to it; fresh but not lively; linear in my mouth and tautly elegant; red stony fruits, frozen on a black branch; acidity good; small tannins; a little too severe for beef stew; pretty in my mouth but severely crimson; some bitter notes (good); acidity keeps it linear; a wine withdrawing into its own beauty, not flaunting it. I liked it very much.
 
originally posted by Karen Goetz: C. & P. Breton, 2005 Bourgueil 'Nuits d'Ivresse severely beautiful; a stillness to it; fresh but not lively; linear in my mouth and tautly elegant
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Karen, nice vividly described portrait! (by silver-tonqued devil!?!)

. . . . . Pete
 
Nice. I remember tasting earlier vintages with a bit of age (but less than 12 years) and thinking they were not going to evolve into much that was interesting.

But your note seemed to coax all the severe beauty out of the bottle!
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

originally posted by Karen Goetz: C. & P. Breton, 2005 Bourgueil 'Nuits d'Ivresse severely beautiful; a stillness to it; fresh but not lively; linear in my mouth and tautly elegant
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Karen, nice vividly described portrait! (by silver-tonqued devil!?!)

. . . . . Pete
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...or Blarney Stone!
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Nice. I remember tasting earlier vintages with a bit of age (but less than 12 years) and thinking they were not going to evolve into much that was interesting.

But your note seemed to coax all the severe beauty out of the bottle!
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Yeah, Rahsaan, this was the last of several and the high point was a few years earlier but I am delighted that the last was good and interesting to palate and nose...
 
Is this the right thread for pointing out how incredible 2005 Clos Senechal was this past weekend? Young, young, young, but with so much purpose, zooming towards inevitability of greatness with the structure and effortlessness of a TGV speeding back towards Tours after a Paris weekend full of motives as questionable as the opening of the 05 at this stage.

2005 CF tannins need a separate entry in the wine dictionary as well.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
Is this the right thread for pointing out how incredible 2005 Clos Senechal was this past weekend? Young, young, young, but with so much purpose, zooming towards inevitability of greatness with the structure and effortlessness of a TGV speeding back towards Tours after a Paris weekend full of motives as questionable as the opening of the 05 at this stage.
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Brilliant prose. Kudos!

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
Is this the right thread for pointing out how incredible 2005 Clos Senechal was this past weekend? Young, young, young, but with so much purpose, zooming towards inevitability of greatness with the structure and effortlessness of a TGV speeding back towards Tours after a Paris weekend full of motives as questionable as the opening of the 05 at this stage.

2005 CF tannins need a separate entry in the wine dictionary as well.
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There was a later day Joe Dressner quote about that wine reminding him what it was like to be young and not have cancer. I haven't had the wine yet, but I do have a single bottle in the basement...
 
Kevin, I thought of the same great quote.

Thank jeebus for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.
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originally posted by slaton:
Kevin, I thought of the same.

Thank jeebus for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.
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YES!!! Thanks for finding it. I spent about 20 minutes looking for it. Was pretty sure it was on captaintumorman somewhere...

It's one of my absolute favorite Joe quotes.
 
I seem recall from Captain Tumorman that the Bretons leaving the stable may have been the biggest source of anger and disappointment at the end of Joe's life.
 
First glass of LDM imported wine I ever had was Breton that I sought out on a trip to NYC (picked it up at Chambers St.) after reading an article by Peter Liem in Wine & Spirits about Franc de Pied wines. It wasn’t the Franc de Pied but I was hooked.

Still never seen Breton on the shelf in Iowa.
 
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
First glass of LDM imported wine I ever had was Breton that I sought out on a trip to NYC (picked it up at Chambers St.) after reading an article by Peter Liem in Wine & Spirits about Franc de Pied wines. It wasn’t the Franc de Pied but I was hooked.

Still never seen Breton on the shelf in Iowa.
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breton is now imported by kermit lynch, and i figure that a importer of kermit's stature is distributed in iowa. track down the distributor and ask if there are shops in iowa that carry breton. if not, go to your favourite wine shop and have them request the distributor bring breton into the state.

but wait, i just went to the kermit lynch website: they are distributed in iowa by okoboji wines (712) 336-6557
 
originally posted by robert ames:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
First glass of LDM imported wine I ever had was Breton that I sought out on a trip to NYC (picked it up at Chambers St.) after reading an article by Peter Liem in Wine & Spirits about Franc de Pied wines. It wasn’t the Franc de Pied but I was hooked.

Still never seen Breton on the shelf in Iowa.
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breton is now imported by kermit lynch, and i figure that a importer of kermit's stature is distributed in iowa. track down the distributor and ask if there are shops in iowa that carry breton. if not, go to your favourite wine shop and have them request the distributor bring breton into the state.

but wait, i just went to the kermit lynch website: they are distributed in iowa by okoboji wines (712) 336-6557
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Oh I know who ^should^ be putting it on the shelves. I'm ITB and have in the last few months begun selling other delicious wines (of a Disorderly persuasion) in Iowa, so that more than makes up for not seeing P&C on the shelf in Iowa. Now if I could get more people than just me to be excited about Cabernet Franc, that would be a serious plus.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by robert ames:


breton is now imported by kermit Lynch...
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Nothing new. I don't remember who started, but for the longest time it was Kermit and Dressner.
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greetings rahsaan:

yes, nothing new, just pointing the steps of how a wine gets from over there to over here, and how to tickle the system to get something you want that is not being offered in your state.
 
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