2021 Glou Glou winners

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Ken Schramm

Ken Schramm
Bottles that disappeared most quickly and with the least effort last year.

#3: 2009 Clos De La Roilette Cuvée Tardive. Had my reservations when I opened this, but it was so silky I tried to pour a last glass out of a bottle someone else had already emptied.

#2: Jean Paul Brun Morgon, several vintages. Went back as far as 2011, and as recent as 2018, and none of them tapped the brakes in the least. Several bottles where the analytical wiring got short circuited, and Jean and I just found ourselves sipping and sniffing and saying, "wow, this is good."

#1: 2018 Tiberio Cerasuoulo D'Abruzzo. To steal a line from Dick Zivic, an NCAA and minor league baseball umpire I had the joy to drink with a few times - "The first two don't even hit the sides." Cranberries, red currants, rose petals. This is fruit punch for adults. Pizza, Mexican, Thai, whatever. Had it chilled and at cellar temps, and it is satisfying every time.

Looking for your award winners...
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm: 2021 Glou Glou winners
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Ken, if you mean to factor in the price point with the glug, glug factor, then Scherrer Winery Scherrer Vineyard Old & Mature Vines Zinfandel any vintage. Nothing not to like on its own and so versatile with diverse food selections.

Surely, there are others, but I can' recall right now. EXCEPT having said that, the wine we had this evening Eric Texier Chat Fou '12 is a longtime favorite and worked well this evening with venison tamales, Wolf Brand Chili, guacamole, Mexican chips, then left-over Buche de Noel.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:
Ken, if you mean to factor in the price point with the glug, glug factor, then Scherrer Winery Scherrer Vineyard Old & Mature Vines Zinfandel any vintage. Nothing not to like on its own and so versatile with diverse food selections.

. . . . Pete
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Although it helps, I hadn't ever really included cost in my glou glou definition. My understanding was that it was wine in which structure and alcohol stay totally out of the way of rapid consumption. Yes, I've consumed plenty of bottles of Raisins Gaulois that qualify, but I've also had some things from Pierre Overnoy (that weren't exactly thrift wines) that I could have slammed like Welch's.

I'll look up that Scherrer Zin. Thanks.

They haven't been described as such on this bored that I've seen, but I really should have given an Honorable Mention to the 2018 and 2019 Falkenstein Kabinetts and Spätleses I have had this past year. Insidious.
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm:

#1: 2018 Tiberio Cerasuoulo D'Abruzzo. To steal a line from Dick Zivic, an NCAA and minor league baseball umpire I had the joy to drink with a few times - "The first two don't even hit the sides." Cranberries, red currants, rose petals. This is fruit punch for adults. Pizza, Mexican, Thai, whatever. Had it chilled and at cellar temps, and it is satisfying every time.
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Never had the pleasure, but have been working on the 2019 diligently. Reading between the lines, the 2018 sounds more transparent and consequently in prime position for the glou awards. Essential constituents are the same, but the 2019 may be more concentrated and in need of unwinding.

Regarding award winners, I am a label drinker. Therefore mine goes to La Ferme des Sept Lunes 2020 "Glou" Rouge, VdF.
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
originally posted by Peter Creasey:
Ken, if you mean to factor in the price point with the glug, glug factor, then Scherrer Winery Scherrer Vineyard Old & Mature Vines Zinfandel any vintage. Nothing not to like on its own and so versatile with diverse food selections.

. . . . Pete
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I'll look up that Scherrer Zin. Thanks.
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While quite good on release it's a wine that keeps getting better year after year.

In my experience they really hit their stride around age 20.

Drink and hold.
 
2019 Madson Pinot Noir Ascona Vineyard -- lighter bodied and spicy in a well done stem-inclusion kind of way

2020 Bruno Lupin Vignes du Lac, Lac d'Annecy -- vibrant, exuberant mountain wine

2017 Girolamo Russo Etna San Lorenzo -- rich, but so drinkable, watch out for 14.5 alcohol though

2011 l'Anglore Tavel Vintage -- I don't know if these improve, but they definitely hold

2015 Falkenstein Niedermenninger Herrenberg Spatlese Feinherb -- not sure if Falkenstein will improve with age either, but it doesn't really have to

2019 Birichino Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard -- perennial favorite, one of the happiest wines in California

2014 Clos Roche Blanche Rose -- still going, will be hard to drink final bottles

2018 Giulia Negri Nebbiolo Pian delle Mole -- enjoy the new approach to Nebbiolo that drinks young, but wouldn't want to lose the ageability that makes Barolo and Barbaresco so interesting

2017 Illaria Irouleguy San Soufre -- pure

2018 Guido Marsella Fiano di Avellino -- if people followed southern Italian wines, this guy would be pretty famous, and a lot more expensive

2019 Kelley Fox Pinot Noir Mirabai -- her wines are worth trying for Disorderlies who haven't

2011 Bruno Debize Beaujolais Les Cambertiers -- another one where I shed a tear as bottles leave the cellar
 
Price point is included for me:
2020 Vincent, Gamay - the essence of fruit
2020 Jadot, Macon-Villages - ‘still find it hard to believe this is $11; lovely stuff
2019 Birichino, Cinsault - what Jim said
2019 Petalos, Bierzo - light and delicious
and one above my definitional price point,
2019 Clos Cibonne, Rose Tradition.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

2014 Clos Roche Blanche Rose -- still going, will be hard to drink final bottles
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is that a still wine, yet again? :-)

2011 Bruno Debize Beaujolais Les Cambertiers -- another one where I shed a tear as bottles leave the cellar
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damn! that tear must be almost as big as when pulling a guy bussiere
 
damn! that tear must be almost as big as when pulling a guy bussiere
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The last bottles I opened certainly did not make me cry about giving some of them away. I would happily part with what I have left. Somehow I never had a bottle that was beyond good.

But to return to the original topic:

Pretty much every year my white glow glow wines (with a consideration of price) are Dolde Weisser Jura, Rebholz Riesling "Oekonomierat" and Beurer Riesling Schilfsandstein. And in red the Trollingers from Knauss and Beurer. And everything Holger Koch.
 
originally posted by georg lauer:
damn! that tear must be almost as big as when pulling a guy bussiere
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The last bottles I opened certainly did not make me cry about giving some of them away. I would happily part with what I have left. Somehow I never had a bottle that was beyond good.

But to return to the original topic:

Pretty much every year my white glow glow wines (with a consideration of price) are Dolde Weisser Jura, Rebholz Riesling "Oekonomierat" and Beurer Riesling Schilfsandstein. And in red the Trollingers from Knauss and Beurer. And everything Holger Koch.
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I have really enjoyed the Holger Koch wines. Wish it had worked for him with Selection Massale here in the U.S.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

2014 Clos Roche Blanche Rose -- still going, will be hard to drink final bottles
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is that a still wine, yet again? :-)

2011 Bruno Debize Beaujolais Les Cambertiers -- another one where I shed a tear as bottles leave the cellar
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damn! that tear must be almost as big as when pulling a guy bussiere
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I have 2008 and 2011 Bussiere left, and am a little worried they may be on the downslope. Only one way to find out -- can't keep them forever.

The last 2014 CRB Rose I had was sound. Hope the couple remaining are too.
 
I can't recall which Bussiere I had in my cellar (might have been '11?). As of a year or so ago, they were decidedly on the downslope. One bottle was kinda drinkable and the other was too far gone.

Anyway, my nominees:
'11 Morgon Côte du Py, Maison P-U-R
'19 Rosé of Grenache, Bates Ranch, Sandar & Hem (12.8% alc)
'05 Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese "Stablay", Dr Loosen (375s)
Stablay is a separate parcel in Himmelreich. Southwest facing, 100 year old ungrafted vines. Loosen no longer bottles it by itself. It now gets blended into the regular Himmelreich. IMO, this bottling was the best wine Loosen made in the Kab/Spat range.
'94 Chateauneuf-du-Pape “Selection Reflets”, Clos du Mont Olivet
'94 Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Bosquet des Papes
I picked up the two '94s (4 bottles each) for a song via auction. Perfect drinking stage. Old school CdPape, no new oak. I drank 6 of the 8 bottles in 2021.
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

I have really enjoyed the Holger Koch wines. Wish it had worked for him with Selection Massale here in the U.S.
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SuperGlou picked up Koch and Dolde. And they seem to expand their distribution. For example we can get them now in Massachusetts.
 
originally posted by georg lauer:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

I have really enjoyed the Holger Koch wines. Wish it had worked for him with Selection Massale here in the U.S.
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SuperGlou picked up Koch and Dolde. And they seem to expand their distribution. For example we can get them now in Massachusetts.
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Georg, where are you seeing Koch in MA? Are prices sane? I would like to restock! Also in another place, there's some discussion of a la tache which was a nice St. Joseph - also Massale, now vanished.
 
originally posted by mlawton:
originally posted by georg lauer:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

I have really enjoyed the Holger Koch wines. Wish it had worked for him with Selection Massale here in the U.S.
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SuperGlou picked up Koch and Dolde. And they seem to expand their distribution. For example we can get them now in Massachusetts.
Click to expand...

Georg, where are you seeing Koch in MA? Are prices sane? I would like to restock! Also in another place, there's some discussion of a la tache which was a nice St. Joseph - also Massale, now vanished.
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Mike, Violette brings them in. Not really on shelves right now but we are trying to always get a heads up about next shipment so we can preorder through a retailer friend. We just received a bunch of Dolde. Koch hopefully next. Happy to keep you in the loop.
 
originally posted by georg lauer:
originally posted by mlawton:
originally posted by georg lauer:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:

I have really enjoyed the Holger Koch wines. Wish it had worked for him with Selection Massale here in the U.S.
Click to expand...

SuperGlou picked up Koch and Dolde. And they seem to expand their distribution. For example we can get them now in Massachusetts.
Click to expand...

Georg, where are you seeing Koch in MA? Are prices sane? I would like to restock! Also in another place, there's some discussion of a la tache which was a nice St. Joseph - also Massale, now vanished.
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Mike, Violette brings them in. Not really on shelves right now but we are trying to always get a heads up about next shipment so we can preorder through a retailer friend. We just received a bunch of Dolde. Koch hopefully next. Happy to keep you in the loop.
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yes please. Supply is dwindling. Send help.
 
originally posted by mlawton:
Also in another place, there's some discussion of a la tache which was a nice St. Joseph - also Massale, now vanished.
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Discussion where? I haven't seen any since the 2010 vintage. I still have 3 bottles each of Guillamy and Badel. Drank my 07s and 09s. All excellent.
 
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