Arjun Mendiratta
Arjun Mendiratta
It would be as if the entire Cote were pregnant with good wine.
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Outrageous Burgundy
- Thread starter Claude Kolm
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originally posted by Claude Kolm:
$46 out here, and that's not on closeout -- that was the original price and it still is the price almost two years later.originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Just curious, not to spoil the mood, but Marechal villages goes for about $40/btl, which is what you pay for a Bize 1er - my SLB favorite and benchmark. Is this a good deal?
A Bize 1er is only $40 on closeout. The frontline pricing for 2005 Bize 1ers were closer to $60.
Well good for you. I was never offered it at $46 that I can remember. The wines seemed to possess superb material out of barrel, so $40s is a good deal.
I agree with Claude's list except I don't have much experience with Camus-Brochon.
I'd add the Savigny of Jadot to that list. I like them and most are Gagey parcels.
SteveTimko
Steve Timko
I had the 2004 Roulout Bourgogne blanc a couple of years ago and it was shut down pretty hard. I've got a bottle in my cellar and I hope it opens up sometime soon.
But for the price, it sounds like a great wine to try in the baby fat phase.
But for the price, it sounds like a great wine to try in the baby fat phase.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Apropos Chandon de Briailles, Mike Schuster just gave the 2005 Ile de Vergelesses a pretty mediocre note in the World of Fine Wine. But this is a fairly elegantly-styled wine that you would expect to be austere until it opens up, some years from now, que no?
Arjun Mendiratta
Arjun Mendiratta
I'll have to check when I get home, but I'm pretty sure I drank that wine in March and found it flat-out gorgeous. Of course, one man's austere is another's racy and fresh, so...
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
... just so. Though I wouldn't have expected this to show really well for a few years yet. Thanks!
Arjun Mendiratta
Arjun Mendiratta
It was the Fourneaux and it was last September:
'05 Chandon de Briailles SLB Fourneaux
Fresh and earthy on the nose, wonderfully precise on the palate with a core of minerality. Beautifully silky texture. A refreshing acid snap on the back end really draws out the finish. Great stuff.
'05 Chandon de Briailles SLB Fourneaux
Fresh and earthy on the nose, wonderfully precise on the palate with a core of minerality. Beautifully silky texture. A refreshing acid snap on the back end really draws out the finish. Great stuff.
Fresh...earthy...wonderfully precise on the palate with a core of minerality...refreshing acid snap
Sounds great to me but truth be told, these are code words that might make some people afraid. Sort of like when I see 'hedonistic' or 'unctuous' in a note.
Arjun Mendiratta
Arjun Mendiratta
Indeed.