Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
2021 is the driest Lauer Senior I can recall. An ethereal floral nose and elegant palate presentation, yet built for some cellar time. Bravo!
CWD: What did you drink last night (or whenever)?
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originally posted by Jayson Cohen:
2021 is the driest Lauer Senior I can recall. An ethereal floral nose and elegant palate presentation, yet built for some cellar time. Bravo!
Hi Jayson, I was wondering whether you found the '21 Lauer more approachable than previous vintages?
When I had it, I felt the Senior did not take too much time to open up and hit its stride. I'm wondering whether the "ripe acid" profile of '21 may have made the '21 Senior more approachable than usual.
Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
originally posted by Yule Kim:
originally posted by Jayson Cohen:
2021 is the driest Lauer Senior I can recall. An ethereal floral nose and elegant palate presentation, yet built for some cellar time. Bravo!
Hi Jayson, I was wondering whether you found the '21 Lauer more approachable than previous vintages?
When I had it, I felt the Senior did not take too much time to open up and hit its stride. I'm wondering whether the "ripe acid" profile of '21 may have made the '21 Senior more approachable than usual.
Yeah. It is both leaner seeming and showing more on pop and pour compared to my experience that the bottling usually needs a year or so to settle. I will see tomorrow if there’s any overnight development.
Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
1982 Calera Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir: Pristine bottle recently released from the winery's library after Josh Jensen's death. A remarkable older California Pinot Noir. Showed significant stem inclusion, red fruit, spice (stem, not oak), and wonderful bottle sweetness. Easily the most memorable Calera I've had.
1981 Calera Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir: Another pristine bottle from the recent library release. Darker and burlier than the 1982. I think there may have been a bit of brett. Altogether more rustic and a lesser wine than the 1982. On its own, though, it would have presented as nice, but not great, older California Pinot Noir.
1981 Calera Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir: Another pristine bottle from the recent library release. Darker and burlier than the 1982. I think there may have been a bit of brett. Altogether more rustic and a lesser wine than the 1982. On its own, though, it would have presented as nice, but not great, older California Pinot Noir.
Peter Creasey
Peter Creasey
Domaine Rene Engel Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru '01 -- Double decanting showed lots of sediment, solid red, full and generous bouquet, likewise on palate with all the right components in balance, nice length, probably near its peak, absolutely nothing to quibble about with this trophy. [E]
Glad I didn't check Wine Searcher before I pulled it as the average price was way higher than I expected for a 2001.
Superb with medallion of duck foie gras, then veal sweetbread/kidneys/quenelle/porcini mushroom in puff pasty. And it wasn't shabby with the chocolate and black currant mousse cake. All from the kitchen of restaurateurs Chef Georges and Monique Guy.
. . . . . . . Pete
Glad I didn't check Wine Searcher before I pulled it as the average price was way higher than I expected for a 2001.
Superb with medallion of duck foie gras, then veal sweetbread/kidneys/quenelle/porcini mushroom in puff pasty. And it wasn't shabby with the chocolate and black currant mousse cake. All from the kitchen of restaurateurs Chef Georges and Monique Guy.
. . . . . . . Pete
robert ames
robert ames
"Glad I didn't check Wine Searcher before I pulled it as the average price was way higher than I expected for a 2001."
buy you weren't paying for it, right? likely you bought it a long time ago.
if you buy a young wine for consumption at a later date because that is when it will be lovely, then (unless poverty is an issue) whatever its "market value" is is when you consume it is moot and irrelevant.
buy you weren't paying for it, right? likely you bought it a long time ago.
if you buy a young wine for consumption at a later date because that is when it will be lovely, then (unless poverty is an issue) whatever its "market value" is is when you consume it is moot and irrelevant.
Larry Stein
Larry Stein
We all know that for the overwhelming majority of his reds, the conclusion is "Drink or Hold". Not this one. It's a "Drink". Another ESJ collector suggested drinking it now so I grabbed my lone bottle. It was sublime.
Opened my second and last bottle of the 2017 Edmunds St John El Jaleo. Holy cats, was it good! Weightless but potent, silky smooth with zippy acidity and an abundance of red cherry fruit. It was more-ish and a fine accompaniment to a dinner of venison loin after a 10-hour drive back after dropping our son off at college.
Mark Lipton
Mark Lipton
Steve Edmunds
Steve Edmunds
Mark, et al.,
I didn't say much about it at the time the '17 El Jaléo was released, but I bottled a little over a dozen cases of magnums, and still have most of them (in case anyone is interested).
Steve
I didn't say much about it at the time the '17 El Jaléo was released, but I bottled a little over a dozen cases of magnums, and still have most of them (in case anyone is interested).
Steve
Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
I threw together leftovers in a desperate attempt to achieve synergy with a pigmentally challenged Spanish wine.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Interesting chairs.
Steve Edmunds
Steve Edmunds
nice leftovers!
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
My very thought. I wish I had leftovers like that.
Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
actually there were some leftovers the day after, but mysteriously all the lobster had disappeared, as did the contents of that bottle
Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
Had the 2010 LdH Tondonia Blanco Riserva last week. Young, obviously, but very delicious in that phase of its evolution. I don't regret opening it, but would keep other bottles for another 10+.
Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
no depiction of accompanying leftovers?
are they rushing them out the door a little sooner these days, or do they release the vintages of the riserva blanco out of order when warranted? I could be mistaken but it seemed the '91 showed up around its 20th birthday if not later.
Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
I'm no LdH expert, but you may be thinking of the Gran Riserva Blanco. Current release there is 2001.
Honestly, I can't even remember what I ate with it. It definitely wasn't such an impressive paella. But I remember the wine!