Bitterness, bubbling Chenin

[Sharon Bowman]

A note.

2002 Huet Ptillant - the top of the cork is pinheaded, like that of some kind of prosecco, but such is the last disappointment this wine has to offer. I made that cork sigh, and then poured what was a deep, amberish bubble into the glass. Hoo! Nice nose of slightly oxidative biscuits and crushed honeycomb (as though a donkey had gone stamping through a bee keeper's yard). Swirl, and on the palate, this is very thick and heady. Fat body to it. But its length streamlines it, and one quickly sees that all of that stuffing wasn't just a lump of dough someone smacks down on your plate. No; there are tiny little sideways and byways here, rivulets of complexity. Then: it has a bitter cut to the finish, but one that, to my senses, is not a flaw in the way that the final bitternes on the thin frame of so many other non-Champagne bubblies is. (If one refers back to my "Crap bubblies" post on Wine Therapy, there was often talk of sugar slicked over turnips, or something like that.) This is anything but a crap bubbly. The bitterness is a pristine white flag proudly unfurling its non-Champagneness. You know, I can live with that. And I did for a while. Yes, I savored the thing.

This wine was drunk for Chris Coad.

 

[Brad Kane]

Hehehe It's been fun watching you get bit by the Chenin bug. You go girl!

 

[SFJoe]

Hey, can I swill Huet fizz for Chris, too?

Hooray for Chris!

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Nice note. Thanks.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Bitterness, bubbling CheninA note.

2002 Huet Ptillant - the top of the cork is pinheaded, like that of some kind of prosecco, but such is the last disappointment this wine has to offer. I made that cork sigh, and then poured what was a deep, amberish bubble into the glass. Hoo! Nice nose of slightly oxidative biscuits and crushed honeycomb (as though a donkey had gone stamping through a bee keeper's yard). Swirl, and on the palate, this very thick and heady. Fat body to it. But its length streamlines it, and one quickly sees that all of that stuffing wasn't just a lump of dough someone smacks down on your plate. No; there are tiny little sideways and byways here, rivulets of complexity. Then: it has a bitter cut to the finish, but one that, to my senses, is not a flaw in the way that the final bitternes on the thin frame of so many other non-Champagne bubblies is. (If one refers back to my "Crap bubblies" post on Wine Therapy, there was often talk of sugar slicked over turnips, or something like that.) This is anything but a crap bubbly. The bitterness is a pristine white flag proudly unfurling its non-Champagneness. You know, I can live with that. And I did for a while. Yes, I savored the thing.

This wine was drunk for Chris Coad.

You are a glimmering diamond amidst a vast bowl of shit. I knew there was a reason to create you, but you outstrip my meager invention.

 

[Bwood]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Bitterness, bubbling CheninA note.

2002 Huet Ptillant - the top of the cork is pinheaded, like that of some kind of prosecco, but such is the last disappointment this wine has to offer. I made that cork sigh, and then poured what was a deep, amberish bubble into the glass. Hoo! Nice nose of slightly oxidative biscuits and crushed honeycomb (as though a donkey had gone stamping through a bee keeper's yard). Swirl, and on the palate, this very thick and heady. Fat body to it. But its length streamlines it, and one quickly sees that all of that stuffing wasn't just a lump of dough someone smacks down on your plate. No; there are tiny little sideways and byways here, rivulets of complexity. Then: it has a bitter cut to the finish, but one that, to my senses, is not a flaw in the way that the final bitternes on the thin frame of so many other non-Champagne bubblies is. (If one refers back to my "Crap bubblies" post on Wine Therapy, there was often talk of sugar slicked over turnips, or something like that.) This is anything but a crap bubbly. The bitterness is a pristine white flag proudly unfurling its non-Champagneness. You know, I can live with that. And I did for a while. Yes, I savored the thing.

This wine was drunk for Chris Coad.

You are a glimmering diamond amidst a vast bowl of shit. I knew there was a reason to create you, but you outstrip my meager invention.

It's interesting how elements of the note seem like they could well have been written by Coad and other portions are in a quite different voice. Cool trick that.

But the character development here is getting quite confusing. Having never met Chris Coad in person, I find myself wondering if I will find out one day that the Sharon character is real and "Coad" is a fiction.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Chris Coad:
You are a glimmering diamond amidst a vast bowl of shit. I knew there was a reason to create you, but you outstrip my meager invention.

Wow, I feel like that guy on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

More bubbly Chenin for everyone!

 

[Thor]

You are a glimmering diamond amidst a vast bowl of shit.

Sounds a little like the Monty Python Oscar Wilde sketch.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

More bubbly Chenin for everyone!

Cool! I haven't scored the Huet yet, but just got two bottles of the current release of Pinon's. Sparkling Vouvray has outstripped Champagne in our household for near-term consumption. Since I have also been termed a Coad creation, I suppose that this qualifies as talking to myself, doesn't it?

Cheers!
Chris...er...Mark Lipton

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by MLipton:
Sparkling Vouvray has outstripped Champagne in our household

Mayday! Mayday!

Time to course correct!

I mean, Vouvray's a nice diversion, but...

Chris would say it's so (well, if he liked Champagne. But I think he does that just to leave me more).

 

[Chris Coad]

Noblesse oblige.

 

[MarkS]

...I made that cork sigh,...

Women can have that effect.

Yes, I savored the thing.

You go, girll!

This is some nice bubbly.