Vacance 09

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Sorry for the crappy photo, I was rushed. And, the two us did not drink all of this, in case anyone is worried. Or not. We had guests.

Not pictured: 88 Verset, 97 Foillard, 95 Trevallon, 04 Chidaine Clos de Breuil, 97 Sav Chamboreau RaM, 02 Sav Coulaine, 95 du Tertre.

VdV: 97 Foillard, for both of us, without even thinking about it.

Comments as follows:

The 88 Verset was flawed by brett. Nothing like the last one.

The Foillard was gorgeous, a point, meat and geranium top note. It is interesting to note to overwhelming positive vibe for them amongst this gang.

The Trevallons have been really fun. A very solid wine.

The 04 Chidaine - a dry botrytized wine. With clafoutis, it actually worked. Very interesting wine.

The 02 Coulaine was a great bottle, a nod to the old school, but a little modern.

The Domaine St. Anne continues to be my favorite CdRhone - a lovely, lovely old school wine, always soothing.

The Closel opened up with a lot of old regal majesty. Made me feel like I was back in some clunky old Loire chateau in the 50s.

I know the 04 L d'Or is not typique, but I love it - it may be my favorite Muscadet ever. But I am not deeply experienced.

The Nicolas was a nice Muscadet.

The Coche was nice and very CdB, but a little oaky. Not over the hill as suggested by John Gilman.

The Fuisse was piney and quaternary.

The Chanrion - what a lovely old rose, wild in an abandoned English garden.

The Janasse - our last of a case, just starting to lose its distinctiveness and sliding into old CnP generica.

The Cotat - need time to open, uber Chavignol.

And here, tonight, getting ready for work tomorrow, an 08 Chermette Beaujolais VV Primeur - just ok.
 
Hey man. We were looking at Mt. Baker on the drive home and spoke of you guys. We have a magnum of 98 Metras with your name on it. It is time to do a Beaujolais fest.

Two weeks on Lopez - we are ready for a life change, or whatever they call it.

What Cotat? He really is something.
 
I posted a note on it on the Jeebus board, on the one yr anniversary thread.

Two weeks on Lopez, very nice.
See any Orcas?

Beaujolais fest sounds great.

I can't read all those labels, what yr was the L d'Or?
Was the 89 Pouilly Fuisse still alive?
How was the 79 DDC?
 
We did, we were over on San Juan on Friday and watched them at American Camp. They were way offshore and then made their way in, heading up island, and then starting messing with some fisherman's nets. We had good views of them off Pile Pt.

But the coolest thing - we kayaked over to San Juan and about mid channel we were surrounded by Dall's Porpoises and could hear them breathing as they surfaced - really something.

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I took this off the net, we did not get this good a view.

I'll get in touch re Beaujo.

The L was 04.

The 89 was sort of alive. If it had been the VV it definitely would have been.

The Chevalier was correct but a little underwhelming. Maybe I shouldn't be so dismissive - it really needed to be drunk at a fine tablecloth type of sit down, not with steaks off the grill, which it was. I tell you what was good recently - that 78 Talbot. I liked that a lot.
 
Interesting selection of wines. Nice.

originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:The Closel opened up with a lot of old regal majesty. Made me feel like I was back in some clunky old Loire chateau in the 50s.
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What Closel? Doesn't seem to be in the picture.
 
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
Oh, the 97.
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What vineyard? Because that puts things in perspective. I thought you might have been talking about something from the 80s. But 'old regal majesty' from 1997!

Still, at least it was fun.
 
I was confused. It was the d'Epire.

And don't ask me who Eric Nicolas is, I meant Serge Batard, of the Domaine Les Hautes Nolles Muscadet-Ctes de Grandlieu!
 
We're ready for one, but not making one. Sort of that, drop out and build a cabin on Lopez thing. It does have appeal.
 
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