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Mark Anisman

Mark Anisman
sincere apologies for the dearth of recent content, but I have been fully engaged in honing golf skills and reading Coleridge (lamenting the fate of the albatross) in preparation for competing in the Korn Ferry Tour. there has been nary a moment to offer a discourse on wines of the present and reminisce of wines that have passed but i wish to outline twinkles in time that brightly shined.

12 June : 2001 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos de La Bussière.
robust concentration. a 2001 anomaly? or Roumier magic? my last affordable Roumier vintage. a Poe’s raven wine. sigh. fruit clearly matching the structure and time is still on its’ side. a wonderful wine.
11 June : 2002 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #12.
a tad soft and simple but enjoyable. personal preference is for more acid. good fruit.
10 June : 2018 Giulia Negri Langhe Nebbiolo Pian delle Mole.
truly excellent for a basic nebbiolo. the beauty of this wine is in the balance. fruit not over ripe but quite healthy.
8 June : 2014 Pierre Gonon St. Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers.
dispatched with smoked salmon / cucumber / avocado futomaki, realizing distinct similarities to daiginjo sake as noted by resident sake expert. maybe match with tuna (sustainably caught) but probably too powerful for hamachi. honey and oily and orchard fruit.
7 June : 2008 Albert Boxler Riesling Brand.
tasted a bit older than i like with fruit receding and not exhibiting other appreciated components of aging. interesting as Mrs. Boxler noted during my visit that they finish off their rieslings before 10 years of age have been broached. less mineral compared to Sommerberg. but again, still delightful
7 June : 1998 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Eiswein.
motor oil time. intense tropical fruit / apricot marmalade with a touch of fig. good minerality / acidity for balance and carrying the power. quite a treat. actually, beyond special treat.
31 May : 2010 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Chavignol Rosé.
my goodness, what a delightful drink. essence of fruit but a strength to carry long on the palate.
29 May : 2001 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays.
for all the kvetching about wines missed due to spiraling costs, this bottling is more than a recompense at $50 per bottle. beauty and grace that is a vintage rara avis (a latin reference, not the Mississippi ghost town) in my limited exposure. rethinking 2001 conventional thought. earthy red fruit. a wine to stop you in your tracks.
29 May : 1997 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Clos du Bourg.
enjoyed but not bowled over as the wine emphasizes the grape but not the vineyard. but again, personal preference for less warm vintages but still a congenial sip to share with friends, family, and a select few enemies. not suffering from premature oxidation.
26 May : 2010 Domaine Dupasquier Mondeuse Vin de Savoie.
a light wine of black pepper (Malabar? Tellicherry? Russian leather from hindquarters?) and cherry. one of my favorites but the fruit has seen better days. enjoyed for the memories. was i wrong to age this long?
25 May : 2019 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese.
requisite tension and freshness. pure linear fruit that announces itself as with a trumpet at the royal court. stunning.
22 May : 2005 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Spätlese. more than stunning. a pantheon wine. the plumpness of 2005 more than handled by acidity and complexity. long finish. as i am now.

thank you for reading. off to a Hindbaersnitter indulgence.
 
What does reading the Ancient Mariner have to do with a Korn Ferry Tour competition, whatever that is? Do you expect a side trip to polar regions?
 
Korn Ferry Tour is the minor league, if you will, of professional golf. I believe the top 10 Korn Ferry Tour players in each year earn their "PGA card" that allows entry to all the PGA events the next year. Thus it is a big deal as a dream of golf fame and fortune can only be accessed on the PGA Tour.

an albatross in golf is when you are 3 under par for a given hole. A hole in one on a par 4 hole is said to be an albatross. the albatross does not exist long in Coleridge's work, similar to a quixotic existence in my golf playing. I can score an albatross on any given par 4 hole, but hopes are quickly dashed after the tee shot.
 
"2001 conventional thought is so yesterday". super wide smiley face icon. in the running for "bon mot" of the year, already clinching that of the month.
if you are in the neighborhood, Mari and Michael have threatened to host a pizza pageant (although the pizza swimsuit event is no longer part of the competition). drop him a line and force his hand...
bestest, MSA
 
I opened a bottle of 2010 Dupasquier Mondeuse a few months ago. It was funky and subdued out of the gate. With about an hour of air, it was singing. The fruit in this bottle was fine. I still have 2 more. I have one more bottle of '09 in the drink-soon queue and a magnum of '08. Not sure when to open that. I find few occasions to open mags.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I opened a bottle of 2010 Dupasquier Mondeuse a few months ago. It was funky and subdued out of the gate. With about an hour of air, it was singing. The fruit in this bottle was fine. I still have 2 more. I have one more bottle of '09 in the drink-soon queue and a magnum of '08. Not sure when to open that. I find few occasions to open mags.
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Durn, I drank your allocation too soon, it seems.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Mark Anisman:
"2001 conventional thought is so yesterday". super wide smiley face icon. in the running for "bon mot" of the year, already clinching that of the month.
if you are in the neighborhood, Mari and Michael have threatened to host a pizza pageant (although the pizza swimsuit event is no longer part of the competition). drop him a line and force his hand...
bestest, MSA
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Done.
 
originally posted by Mark Anisman:
12 June : 2001 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos de La Bussière.
robust concentration. a 2001 anomaly? or Roumier magic? my last affordable Roumier vintage. a Poe’s raven wine. sigh. fruit clearly matching the structure and time is still on its’ side. a wonderful wine.
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Yes, they were very pretty. Mine are long gone and, at current pricing, never to be replenished.
31 May : 2010 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Chavignol Rosé.
my goodness, what a delightful drink. essence of fruit but a strength to carry long on the palate.
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Old Cotat Rose is a connoisseur's delight. I've tasted everything in them from fresh fruit to curry. I am grateful to SFJoe, who introduced me to the idea.
29 May : 2001 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays.
for all the kvetching about wines missed due to spiraling costs, this bottling is more than a recompense at $50 per bottle. beauty and grace that is a vintage rara avis (a latin reference, not the Mississippi ghost town) in my limited exposure. rethinking 2001 conventional thought. earthy red fruit. a wine to stop you in your tracks.
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Pish on conventional thought. Yes, Lambrays is wonderful wine but it cannot be had for $50 anymore. Wine-Searcher's lowest price on any vintage is $120 and on that vintage $447.50.
26 May : 2010 Domaine Dupasquier Mondeuse Vin de Savoie.
a light wine of black pepper (Malabar? Tellicherry? Russian leather from hindquarters?) and cherry. one of my favorites but the fruit has seen better days. enjoyed for the memories. was i wrong to age this long?
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There was only one way to know. I have a bottle of Franck Peillot's 2008 in storage. He still has wine from his father, though he is not persuaded that it's still good.
off to a Hindbaersnitter indulgence.
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Scandinavian Pop-Tarts with hundreds-and-thousands call for good coffee.
 
originally posted by Mark Anisman:
12 June : 2001 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos de La Bussière.
robust concentration. a 2001 anomaly?
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the dark ages, began in the 5th century, concluded sometime in the 10th or 11th, depending on your favorite source.
I mean started in 1998, and concluded in 2001 or 2002, depending on your favorite source.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
originally posted by Mark Anisman:
12 June : 2001 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos de La Bussière.
robust concentration. a 2001 anomaly?
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the dark ages, began in the 5th century, concluded sometime in the 10th or 11th, depending on your favorite source.
I mean started in 1998, and concluded in 2001 or 2002, depending on your favorite source.
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Even if one takes the very early date of Petrarch's ascent of Mont Ventoux as the start of the Renaissance, that gets the Medieval period as ending in the 14th century. Going farther back to the Little Renaissance, which is stretching it, would get you to the 12th century. I have no opinion on the Dark Ages of Roumier.
 
thanks to all for the input!
i enjoy the mondeuse wines at any time when less than 5 years old, but seems like 15 years is a reasonable limit. i did not perceive much funkiness, although i am not sure we are taking the same language. naturally, if you prize the fruit aspects more so, then erring on the younger side avoids the risk.
the Lambrays prices mirrored the early 1990's Vogue approach. Both domaines were coming out of a funk (there's that word again) with new management and the "introductory" prices were commensurately quite low compared to comparable wines. within a few years, the prices were beyond both my and Malkovich's control. i took a chance on the Lambrays and so glad I did.
 
originally posted by Odd Rydland:
The Roumier Cras 01 was fabulous one year ago. Several of my geeky friends still mentions it.
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No one said it isn't. But some older and many younger versions are better. The bar is set mighty high.
 
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