CWD: What did you drink last night (or whenever)?

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Jayson Cohen

Jayson Cohen
I realized I’ve been posting less here about actual wine drinking experiences for a couple reasons.

One, it’s easier to post my latest notes into the ongoing multiyear thread, What did you drink last night, on Wine Berserkers than to start a new thread either there or here. So I decided to start one here. Hence the title. Maybe folks will add their own latest drinkers here in true Disorder flowing style and add their commentary?

Two, it’s a lot easier to post photos on Berserkers due to better software. And I like the photos. It really would be nice if we had a way to just insert them. But it’s not that hard. Just have to work in two instances simultaneously.

Anyway, here it goes.

Friday night was 2020 Falkenstein Im Kleinschock Kabinett (No. 20, 8%). Delicious balanced Kabinett, way too easy to drink (#singleserving750), even if I have a slight preference for the Euchariusberg bottlings.

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Last night, 2019 Domaine des Marnes Blanches Poulsard (11% ABV). I do have a slight preference for the 2018, which had richer fruit, but this is a tasty lean mouthwatering Poulsard expressing typical pink grapefruit like notes. Not for everyone. Blind (as in literally, or eyes closed), some people might think this is a white or a rose. The color is close to the latter.

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Friday and Saturday night we had:

Mount Eden Pinot Noir 2016 Santa Cruz Mountains. Purchased at the winery after a lovely visit. This, unfortunately, didn't show well. One note, and kind of sweet. Couldn't get past one glass. Not much better on day 2.

Domaine Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc 2019. This was young obviously but really enjoyable. I have a couple more that i'll let sleep a while.

Thibaud Boudignon Anjou Blanc 2019. A bit expensive for it's level perhaps but oh so good. Lovely chenin blanc with that wooly kind of mouth feel. Finished with nice length. the Savennieres from this producer are also terrific.
 
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
Friday and Saturday night we had:

Mount Eden Pinot Noir 2016 Santa Cruz Mountains. Purchased at the winery after a lovely visit. This, unfortunately, didn't show well. One note, and kind of sweet. Couldn't get past one glass. Not much better on day 2.

Domaine Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc 2019. This was young obviously but really enjoyable. I have a couple more that i'll let sleep a while.

Thibaud Boudignon Anjou Blanc 2019. A bit expensive for it's level perhaps but oh so good. Lovely chenin blanc with that wooly kind of mouth feel. Finished with nice length. the Savennieres from this producer are also terrific.
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And off we go!

I have that Anjou in queue after my first bottle was corked (Morrell did the exchange to its credit). The fancier bottling A Francois(e) was very good but reflecting some culty pricing.
 
originally posted by Jayson Cohen:
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
Friday and Saturday night we had:

Mount Eden Pinot Noir 2016 Santa Cruz Mountains. Purchased at the winery after a lovely visit. This, unfortunately, didn't show well. One note, and kind of sweet. Couldn't get past one glass. Not much better on day 2.

Domaine Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc 2019. This was young obviously but really enjoyable. I have a couple more that i'll let sleep a while.

Thibaud Boudignon Anjou Blanc 2019. A bit expensive for it's level perhaps but oh so good. Lovely chenin blanc with that wooly kind of mouth feel. Finished with nice length. the Savennieres from this producer are also terrific.
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And off we go!

I have that Anjou in queue after my first bottle was corked (Morrell did the exchange to its credit). The fancier bottling A Francois(e) was very good but reflecting some culty pricing.
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They're definitely not cheap.
 
originally posted by Jayson Cohen:

Friday night was 2020 Falkenstein Im Kleinschock Kabinett (No. 20, 8%). Delicious balanced Kabinett, way too easy to drink (#singleserving750), even if I have a slight preference for the Euchariusberg bottlings.
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Nice work. Friday night I had the 2020 Gisela. Great wine of course, but not yet in its moment of glory and probably not as easy to drink as your Im Kleinschock.
 
Domaine Louis Boillot et Fils Beaune Les Epenottes 1er Cru '15 -- solid red, generous bouquet, round fruits, lively, good acid, medium tannins, good balance/fullness/staying power/length. [E]

Excellent pairing with strip steak topped with chimichurri, mashed sweet potatoes, porcini mushrooms, and pearl onions.

. . . . . . Pete
 
2017 Tatomer, Pinot Noir - Santa Barbara Pinot with sous bois from the get go and plenty of fruit following. At $20 a likely re-buy.

2018 Alvear, 3 Miradas - 100% PX, part direct press, part skin-fermented and finished under flor for 8 months. While this was complex and unique it’s a bit too aldehydic for me. Less than $20 but not a re-buy.

Best, Jim
 
2017 E&M Bundsandstein. A good, not great showing. I recounted to a friend that I brought a bottle of an earlier vintage for a jeeb with Marc and MJ and others, and half of us had loved it and half stood behind MJ’s comment of “why would you drink that vinegar?” My friend took a sniff from the glass and said “I can see that.”
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jayson Cohen:

Friday night was 2020 Falkenstein Im Kleinschock Kabinett (No. 20, 8%). Delicious balanced Kabinett, way too easy to drink (#singleserving750), even if I have a slight preference for the Euchariusberg bottlings.
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Nice work. Friday night I had the 2020 Gisela. Great wine of course, but not yet in its moment of glory and probably not as easy to drink as your Im Kleinschock.
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I haven’t received mine yet. Soon. Seth has four of them. The other two are coming. A part of me wishes I had bought even more than half a case of 2020 Gisela.
 
We had goose with potato dumplings and red cabbage and drank a magnum of 2018 Railsback Frères Cuvée Spéciale Le Carignan.
Very pretty fruit, great balance and freshness, lovely match with the food.

This was sold in a Bin Ends sale recently for 29$ per magnum. Major regret that I only bought one.
Even at its regular price the kind of California Wine I would happily drink more of.
 
Last night was an ordinary one* Chez nous: Jean wanted something old to go with her ersatz Beef Wellington bites, so we had another great bottle (our last) of the 1961 Ch Beychevelle which, as per usual, surprises us with its youthfulness, though now a middleweight, smooth claret with still plenty of fruit. We also opened a 1995 Dunn Howell Mountain, a gift from a friend’s allocation, that was shockingly ready, a first for me with this bottling. More fruit focused than the Beychevelle (duh!), smooth and structured and good to go. One word of caution: the cork disintegrated upon attempted removal, something that others on CT have noted. Fortunately, I was planning on decanting it anyway.

Mark Lipton
* That’s sarcasm, y’all
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

Domaine Louis Boillot et Fils Beaune Les Epenottes 1er Cru '15
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as I was banging on doors and demanding barrel samples of 2015s, i recall thinking that LB's were some of the very best in the region. outside of NSG, that is.
 
Jayson,

Do contributions to this thread require pictures? Or, in case of Dr Lipton's exploits as a part-time master sommelier, a video?

Respectfully,
PT
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
Jayson,

Do contributions to this thread require pictures? Or, in case of Dr Lipton's exploits as a part-time master sommelier, a video?

Respectfully,
PT
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No video to be had, alas, though I could line up the dead soldiers for a photo op. The Beychevelle cork, BTW, though thoroughly moldy on top, was in far better condition than the Dunn’s. Maybe the lead capsule acted as a preservative for corks?

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
2017 Tatomer, Pinot Noir - Santa Barbara Pinot with sous bois from the get go and plenty of fruit following. At $20 a likely re-buy.

Best, Jim
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I enjoyed the 2019, quite a bit, and I did re-buy. It's rare for me to find a pinot that is clearly exceeding its price point.
 
As I'm was in Maine this weekend, we had only beer. In the last 2 years I've really made an effort to get to know Maine beers. I was never a big beer drinker, but I am astounded as to the quality of the beer made in Maine.

Almost like a wheat version of an IPA. Very mellow, the bitter is all in the background. Delicious! For anyone, like me, who thinks that IPAs are for cretins, but want to play around a bit, this is fantastic.
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There are tropical notes, but sour tropical? Not for me.
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Very juicy. Some bitter, but very fruity bitter. Fresh. Really short, there is some longer, but it’s mostly gone pretty quickly. Interesting. Very different than most I’ve had; I’m really enjoying it. (The BRAVE NOISE is a collaboration between many breweries with the goal of creating a safe and discrimination free beer industry.)
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Distinctly lighter PA. But, different than many lighter examples I have found. Really complete front, back and center, just lighter. Lightly tropical, but the the hops seem less ripe. Creamier than the Foul Mouthed. Excellent.
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Both fruits show very well and forcefully, but the lack of sugar really makes it classy. Absolutely delicious.
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At the (non-game) Summer D&D gathering, in addition to Vallana 2018 Spanna and Francois Cazin 2019 Cour-Cheverny "Vendanges Manuelles" reported in a nearby thread, I also split a bottle of Goose Island "Bourbon County Brand" Cherry Wood Stout with the real beer connoisseur among us. This was rich and smooth, as you might expect, with the fragrance of cherry wood and, yes, wood tannins, to rough-up the heavyweight (14.2%) ale. Good enough that we made a run to a nearby Total Wine to get more.

Can't buy just one, right, so I also bought some Ayinger Urweisse, a dunkels-style wheat beer. It was malty and seriously yeasty on top of the wheat. Don't need to drink that too often. Curiosity satisfied. (I visited Aying once, long ago, at the height of spargel season, so often buy the beer when I see it.)

Anyway, no pic of the Goose Island because there is no front label; the name of the beer is embossed in the glass.
 
2019 Clos de la Roilette was tight on the first night. After a couple days with one glass removed by Coravin, it loosened up. Dark fruited and brambly. I don't typically drink Roilette young, although, as VLM has said, figuring out the right time can be difficult. This is such a distinctive Beaujolais, I enjoy and cellar them anyway.

2020 Domaine des Costes Pecharmant Sans Soufre was about as close to glou glou as Bordeaux varieties at 14.5 can get for me. Not refreshing, but very drinkable, if that makes sense. Very fruit driven, which is probably the intention for the wine. I don't drink Bordeaux varieties very often, but have enjoyed a light mystery series set in the Perigord, which references the local wines often. When this showed up at CSW, it piqued by curiosity and I'm glad I got to try it.
 
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