JR on Tarlant

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slaton

Slaton Lipscomb
Not Jancis, sorry, but Seattle's own J. Rimmerman.

"Tarlant is set to once again take their place next to Krug (or Selosse as Benoit would tell you) as one of the top producers in all of Champagne"

"Not only is Tarlant doing things right from a farming standpoint but they have the La Tache-like terroir to exploit as well."

Wait. What?

I thought I remembered reading a rather different take on Tarlant's vineyard sites recently in World of Fine Wine, so I dug out the latest issue and found the reference.

From an article entitled "Monoparcel Champagne" [p.186], written by Anthony Rose with Essi Avellan and Michael Edwards:

"Tarlant is a classic example of not having great vineyards from which to produce wines... The vineyards face north!"

Both were speaking specifically of Tarlant's Cuvee Louis, which I also like. In fact, I've liked most Tarlant that I've tasted. But this kind of thing just gets my dander up.
 
Hardly a surprise. If he's selling it, either it's La Tache terroir, or a hypothetical mix of a Petrus, Harlan and Grange or some other amazingly brilliant wine (or oil or imported water) that'll stop the earth from spinning on its axis.
I like the wines (at least most of the ones I've bought from Garagiste) but the emails have become truly absurd.
 
Plain recitations of relevant facts and information have apparently been proven to be less effective at engaging subscribers.

I'd be curious to hear from him just why "La Tache" exactly...
 
originally posted by Salil Benegal:

I like the wines (at least most of the ones I've bought from Garagiste)
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Lucky you. I stopped buying--anything I got on Rimmerman's heavy breathing turned out to be that week's cooking wine.
 
no comment on the prose, but I've definitely liked some of what I've purchased from Garagiste - Cornelissen, Dhondt bubbles, Barret Cornas, Otheguy. He's also had some good pricing on more available stuff - Selbach-Oster, Souhaut, even Mugnier and Cappellano.

The business model seems to be working for him, I think you just need to apply the appropriate filtering algorithm for your needs. Sorry to hear your filter needed to be so severe, Joe. But I'm sure most of what he's selling can be purchased very easily in NYC.

We actually stayed at Tarlant on part of our honeymoon, they are very nice. Unfortunately, we did not like the wines that they were making (back in 2001). Sounds like things may have changed? That would be very good to hear.
 
originally posted by mlawton:

The business model seems to be working for him, I think you just need to apply the appropriate filtering algorithm for your needs. Sorry to hear your filter needed to be so severe, Joe. But I'm sure most of what he's selling can be purchased very easily in NYC.
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I expressed myself poorly--I should have said that anything I bought from them that I had not previously been convinced about wound up in the soup. Old friends, sure, you can buy those from anywhere. But the BEST EVER! Gros Plant, say, was yeasted and spoofed. That sort of thing. I found the guy's new reccos to be utterly unreliable.

A good price on Mugnier--sure, why not?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
I found the guy's new reccos to be utterly unreliable.
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Sure, I'd agree, without question. That's why the filtering algorithm is important. There are very few people who I'd let choose wine for me.

I was fully prepared for the Cornelissen experiment to be a disaster. It wasn't.
Barret - I had visited Matthieu twice before I bought
Otheguy - threw the dice, and they came up winners.
Dhondt - see Otheguy
 
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