'97 Vincent Gasse St-Joseph

[Yixin]

Wow. Alive, vital, 11.5% of supple Syrah. Otheguy doesn't make them like this, although he comes close. Reminded me of Juge in all the right ways.

 

[Jamie Goode]

It was very tasty. Thanks for bringing it. Does he still make wine?

 

[Yixin]

Otheguy took over the vineyards. It was in JLL's book, after all. I just didn't look carefully enough.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Yixin:
RetiredOtheguy took over the vineyards. It was in JLL's book, after all. I just didn't look carefully enough.

I was asking folks if Otheguy was available in NY last time I was there and they all thought I was bullshitting.

Is Vincente Gasse the same as Lafoy et Gasse?

 

[Yixin]

Don't think so - no access to JLL now, maybe someone else knows? Eric? Does Josh still come by?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Google says it's Marie-Claude Lafoy et Vincent Gasse.

 

[Yixin]

I don't have a picture but label only had his name. Maybe purchased grapes/wine?

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Yixin:
LabelI don't have a picture but label only had his name. Maybe purchased grapes/wine?

According to JLL's latest: Vincent Gasse married Marie Lefoy, whose family owned the vineyards (M. Gasse is from the Loire). Gasse was 60 at the time of writing of the latest book and, according to JLL, had "hung up his spurs in 2004, making just four casks from his plot on Le Goutay" and has rented out his 1.3 ha of vineyards to his partner of seven years, Stphane Otheguy. Gasse was eco-bio and the work sounds pretty physically demanding, so no shock that he decided to cash it in at 60. He was listed as Gasse Lafoy, too.

Mark Lipton