Live from Toledo - Part 1
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Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
Thanks for the great notes, Mark. I shamelessly gave up trying to take notes about 20 minutes into my first Toledo and haven't looked back since.
Glad the Geyserville got some love - when I last saw it no one had taken a pour, apart from the little splash I'd taken to make sure it wasn't corked. The '99 Vosne villages was the only '99 Burgundy I had in the cellar that I thought might be remotely drinkable - sounds like you were more a fan that I, or it improved quite a bit over time.
I managed a good pour of the '92 Chave to have with dinner, and thought it was lovely, and drinking quite well. Probably my favorite of the night. Sorry you missed it.
I had a very frustrating run of my own bottles - out of the 10 bottles that I opened, two were corked (the '00 Pepiere Briords and the '97 ESJ Fenaughty), and two were ruined for other unknown reasons (the '93 Schloss Saarstein Auslese and the '01 St. Innocent Shea).
It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. Plus, it's always reassuring to meet someone in person and confirm that they're just not a fictional character on Wine Disorder.
Cheers,
Dave
Glad the Geyserville got some love - when I last saw it no one had taken a pour, apart from the little splash I'd taken to make sure it wasn't corked. The '99 Vosne villages was the only '99 Burgundy I had in the cellar that I thought might be remotely drinkable - sounds like you were more a fan that I, or it improved quite a bit over time.
I managed a good pour of the '92 Chave to have with dinner, and thought it was lovely, and drinking quite well. Probably my favorite of the night. Sorry you missed it.
I had a very frustrating run of my own bottles - out of the 10 bottles that I opened, two were corked (the '00 Pepiere Briords and the '97 ESJ Fenaughty), and two were ruined for other unknown reasons (the '93 Schloss Saarstein Auslese and the '01 St. Innocent Shea).
It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. Plus, it's always reassuring to meet someone in person and confirm that they're just not a fictional character on Wine Disorder.
Cheers,
Dave
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Like that's a flaw.
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
I'm pro-sock puppet, but it is nice to find that someone you thought was most likely a real person is actually a real person. Of course, behind every sock puppet there's a real person too, I suppose.
Cheers,
Dave
Nothing like a little OCD to help me stay with the program.
Yeah, I spotted the untouched Geezer stashed away in the back and pointed it out to Geo late in the evening, knowing his love for "Mr Ridge." Just seeing the expression on his face was enough to persuade me to give it a shot, and damn glad that I did!
Me too, drat and blast. Joe Perry, come back to Toledo -- you are needed.
What?? Sock puppets on Disorder? Shock, horror! Good to meet you too, Dave.
Mark Lipton
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Where is day two???
Chris Coad
Chris Coad
I'm astonished to learn that people drink wine and have fun in the midwest. What next, cows driving taxicabs?
Man, the interwebz is a great tool!
Man, the interwebz is a great tool!
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
Well, in all honesty, we did pull people from 8 states (4 of which are probably not Midwestern), 1 province, and D.C. for this event. The drinking and fun definitely occurred in the Midwest though.
Cheers,
Dave
Putnam Weekley
putnam
Thanks to everyone who made me feel so welcome, especially Mr. Bwood for seeing that I did not drive home before I was ready!
I wanted to treat you all to an embedded video of Saturday's proceedings, but as I was downloading the footage there was a power outage. Somehow this seems to have corrupted my film editing application. I haven't given up, but it may be a while. I wanted to use the photos as stills in that project.
I was particularly surprised by how delicious the 1975 Erdener Praelat Spaetlese tasted after sitting out overnight. And there were only a few tablespoons in the bottle, so it had plenty of chance to oxidize. The same vineyard's 1976 Auslese - freshly opened and with bobbing bits of cork - well it was terrific too. I sort of wish I had just drank that and ignored the rest. But there were so many opportunities to expose my poor palate to such rare items, and so onward I went, into that too-familiar blur where wine bottles look like weeds.
I don't think the 2000 Briords was TCA tainted, though I admit it is a fair question. Several cases of 2005 gave me a similar flavor at one point, but since it was consistent from bottle to bottle, and since it gradually was replaced with more obviously appealing flavors, I can only assume it is some sort of complicated salty terroir funk original to the vineyard (or else the cellar hardware is infected and applying this element consistently across vintages, and just to Briords.) Once I got into a groove with the 2000 the funk seemed to vanish, or rather, to participate constructively in my impromptu Briords seance. TCA typically doesn:t allow for this ...
Obviously I may rationalizing, or insensitive.
More later.
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
Putnam,
It was really great to meet you.
Much later in the night we went back to the 2000 Briords and it was absolutely reeking of TCA. Much different than how it was showing initially when it merely odd/funky as we discussed. No explanation for the evolution, but it was definitely there later.
Cheers,
Dave
Putnam Weekley
putnam
It was good to meet you too. Let:s have a beer next time.
I miss a lot of TCA this way I think!
I miss a lot of TCA this way I think!