2021 Glou Glou winners

Without question the 2019 and 2020 Ulli Stein Weihwasser (Holy Water) was my Glou Glou wine of the year. I drank it in Ghana under the New Years Eve fireworks to start the year and every single time I opened it throughout the year it made me very happy. I slightly prefer the 2019 because it has more acid. It is a wine I could drink every day of the year all day.
 
originally posted by robert ames:
while glou glou will likely evade inclusion in the oed, and to each of us it means what we think it means, to me there's a notion that glou glou wine is both gluggable, and not apt to distract you from whatever it is that you're thinking about as the air bubbles go up the neck of the bottle.
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I can certainly take this point to heart, and it would definitely move the Falkenstein off the list. And by all means the Overnoy I mentioned, as well.
 
2012 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese (375)

Gives a fair amount of pleasure now though I'm sure it will continue to improve over the next 30 years.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Robert - is the food at Jungsik as good as ever?
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I think so. The food on Sunday was just extraordinary and every dished paired extremely well with the riesling flights. I can't wait to go back.
 
originally posted by Robert Dentice:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Robert - is the food at Jungsik as good as ever?
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I think so. The food on Sunday was just extraordinary and every dished paired extremely well with the riesling flights. I can't wait to go back.
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Thanks, between covid and other issues I haven't been in quite a while but I've had some of my favorite meals there.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
2012 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese (375)

Gives a fair amount of pleasure now though I'm sure it will continue to improve over the next 30 years.
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What is up with winedisorder software? Normally it asks to fill in all required fields ( e.g. your birthyear, zip code, wine's AP number ) before allowing to post.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
2012 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese (375)

Gives a fair amount of pleasure now though I'm sure it will continue to improve over the next 30 years.
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What is up with winedisorder software? Normally it asks to fill in all required fields ( e.g. your birthyear, zip code, wine's AP number ) before allowing to post.
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they already know. . .
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm:

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.
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Same here. That's why I was surprised to see a Clos de la Roilette on the list. Although it was 2009.
 
originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
originally posted by Ken Schramm:

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.
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Same here. That's why I was surprised to see a Clos de la Roilette on the list. Although it was 2009.
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Interestingly, back in 2012, I got together with George and Kim and a few other friends, and we tasted through a selection of '09 Beaujolais - LaPierre, Desvignes, Foillard, Brun L'Ancien, Clos de la Roilette Tardive. The Clos de la Roilette was the most open for business at that point, as well.

I'm pretty sure there is some relativity to be factored in here. Jean and I have been on a Sangiovese and Nebbiolo jag lately, and since we didn't get started collecting those all that long ago, we've been dealing with some pretty starched collars, so to speak. When we hit some aged bottles of Gamay, they came across as pretty slammable.
 
Another contender opened tonight for a snowbound dinner of paella: 2019 Les Grangeons de l’Albarine Vin de France “Sauvage des Montagnes”, a bright, spritzy Gamay from Bugey. Light and quaffable, at 12.5 ABV, this bottle disappeared before we realized it.

Mark Lipton
 
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