A pair of 1999s

To my great surprise, I didn't like the overnoy
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My little experience of plousard=poulsard (only 3x so far) have given me a little bitter component too...almost aspirin-like in it's quality, and different from the amaro of Italian wines.
 
originally posted by maureen:

To my great surprise, I didn't like the overnoy - perhaps iit was merely because it followed the auslese but it seemed bitter to me -
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HERETIC! HERETIC! BURN HER!!!! (wait, is it possible that we could just agree, for convenience sake, that this particular bottle of wine was just "off," perhaps having had to sit too close to one too many CdPs in Prof. Loesberg's cave? and then maybe we could we maybe just go with the whole "bottle variation" excuse to help us sweep this profound wine preference schism under the rug?)

Ok, I agree on the comments about not generally opening many '99s Burgs now (above the level of villages wines) and certainly not that wine from Barthod.
 
originally posted by Bwood:
originally posted by maureen:

To my great surprise, I didn't like the overnoy - perhaps iit was merely because it followed the auslese but it seemed bitter to me -
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HERETIC! HERETIC! BURN HER!!!!
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see how brave I am? Expressing my actual opinions!

Now I'll really be heretical - I recently drank a delicious 99 - Girardin's Bonnes Mares!
 
originally posted by Bwood: is it possible that we could just agree, for convenience sake, that this particular bottle of wine was just "off," perhaps having had to sit too close to one too many CdPs in Prof. Loesberg's cave?
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I don't think it was either bitter or off. I think Maureen just didn't like it.

Or rather, she didn't have enough time to pay attention to it, because once the initial prickliness settled it was all fragrant Arbois goodness.
 
originally posted by Bwood:
originally posted by maureen:

To my great surprise, I didn't like the overnoy - perhaps iit was merely because it followed the auslese but it seemed bitter to me -
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HERETIC! HERETIC! BURN HER!!!! (wait, is it possible that we could just agree, for convenience sake, that this particular bottle of wine was just "off," perhaps having had to sit too close to one too many CdPs in Prof. Loesberg's cave? and then maybe we could we maybe just go with the whole "bottle variation" excuse to help us sweep this profound wine preference schism under the rug?)

Ok, I agree on the comments about not generally opening many '99s Burgs now (above the level of villages wines) and certainly not that wine from Barthod.
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There was a little fizz at first, not unusual for me with Overnoy Poulsard, but that blew away and it seemed like other bottles I have had. For your information, my Poulsard is ensconced next to some Coudert and right under my Huet fizzy. There are some Gour de Chaules and Bois de Boursans within shouting distance though.
 
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
Get a position at Harvard?
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Alas, no.

A bit further west at UMass Amherst.

But my wife needs/wants to live closer to Boston for her career.

So, Cambridge it is.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
Get a position at Harvard?
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Alas, no.

A bit further west at UMass Amherst.

But my wife needs/wants to live closer to Boston for her career.

So, Cambridge it is.
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Still sounds like it could be a step up. The weather is sure as hell better year round than the DC area. Best of luck in your move.
Oh, the other positive thing you have going for you is your close proximity to Thor. He's a very generous person when it comes to giving wine advice. Whether you want it or need it.

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originally posted by maureen:
Now I'll really be heretical - I recently drank a delicious 99 - Girardin's Bonnes Mares!
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Fucking troublemaker.

Good thing rahsaan was there to report on the true state of the wines.
 
Thor. He's a very generous person when it comes to giving wine advice. Whether you want it or need it.
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We'll have completely fucked him up within a year. Maybe two, if he proves recalcitrant.
 
originally posted by Thor:
Thor. He's a very generous person when it comes to giving wine advice. Whether you want it or need it.
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We'll have completely fucked him up within a year. Maybe two, if he proves recalcitrant.
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The things we shall do...

As to Barthod, the wines are never ready, but always tempting.
 
originally posted by maureen:
originally posted by Lou Kessler: The weather is sure as hell better year round than the DC area.

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surely you jest -
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You took the words out of my mouth. There are a lot of great things about Boston. New England weather isn't one of them, unless one has an enthusiasm for bitter cold, heat as bad as DC and wild shifts in weather in the course of minutes.
 
There are a lot of great things about Boston. New England weather isn't one of them, unless one has an enthusiasm for bitter cold, heat as bad as DC and wild shifts in weather in the course of minutes.
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Actually, New England weather is an improvement on Boston weather, for one reason: New England has spring. Boston does not.
 
originally posted by Thor:
New England has spring.
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Really? I didn't know that. I lived within a mile or two of Boston for 10 years and I missed spring a lot.

(Didn't realize it was available so close by).
 
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