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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
I had forgotten about the Dressner tasting and happened to be walking down the block after leaving Bouley Bakery. I saw a Louis/Dressner sign in an unexpetected place and all of a sudden there was Joe. I've been remiss in posting but I figure I'll give you these three.

2007 Clos Roche Blance Cot - the main reason I'm getting off my a** and posting is because other people might have done what I did which was buy some and toss it into storage without tasting. This is an atypically forward vintage and the first I'd recommend drinking on release since 2003 (though I wish I'd kept some of that to see how it developed). Apparently there was rain which diluted the usual amazing concentration a bit. Delicious now but not one for the ages. I'll have to pull mine out.

The 2008 Pif was quite young and tight, red fruited with beautiful precision. I'd age this a while if it had real cork and even with the artificial cork I'd give it a year or two before drinking. A bottle I opened later loosened up a bit on the second night. One of the most impressive Pifs of my senile recollection.

The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

The 2008 Pif was quite young and tight, red fruited with beautiful precision. I'd age this a while if it had real cork and even with the artificial cork I'd give it a year or two before drinking. A bottle I opened later loosened up a bit on the second night. One of the most impressive Pifs of my senile recollection.
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Coincidentally, I read this report with a glass of the '08 Pif in my hand. Yes, young and tight but oh, so attractive. Red fruits, a bit of leafiness underneath and all very nicely coiled in a taut package. Better in a year or two? Maybe, but I doubt that ours will make it that long.

Mark Lipton
 
Only the Gamay, which I really liked. The Cot and Pif are on my list of things to grab the next time I'm down in NY. (Should have picked some up when I was at Chambers a few days ago, but I got distracted by the Gonons...)
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
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I had this a few days ago and concur as to its gorgeousness.

Though we don't get those real corks here.

Which I suppose solves the "holding" problem.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
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I had this a few days ago and concur as to its gorgeousness.

Though we don't get those real corks here.

Which I suppose solves the "holding" problem.
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Drink and Hold.
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
Click to expand...

I had this a few days ago and concur as to its gorgeousness.

Though we don't get those real corks here.

Which I suppose solves the "holding" problem.
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Drink and Hold.
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Well, at least, you should hold it while you are drinking it.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
Click to expand...

I had this a few days ago and concur as to its gorgeousness.

Though we don't get those real corks here.

Which I suppose solves the "holding" problem.
Click to expand...

Drink and Hold.
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Well, at least, you should hold it while you are drinking it.
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And if you are still capable of holding your liquor then you should be drinking more of it.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
The 2008 Gamay was, as I've reported before, just gorgeous. Drink with synthetic cork and hold with real cork.
Click to expand...

I had this a few days ago and concur as to its gorgeousness.

Though we don't get those real corks here.

Which I suppose solves the "holding" problem.
Click to expand...

Drink and Hold.
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Well, at least, you should hold it while you are drinking it.
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Unless you set your glass on the table and drink it through a straw.
 
Is there any drawback in recorking these or the Brun selections that are synthetically closed - but appear to have the stuffing for 5-10 years - with real cork?
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
Is there any drawback in recorking these or the Brun selections that are synthetically closed - but appear to have the stuffing for 5-10 years - with real cork?
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Aside from exposing them to oxygen and losing the SO2 in the headspace, you mean?

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
Is there any drawback in recorking these or the Brun selections that are synthetically closed - but appear to have the stuffing for 5-10 years - with real cork?
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Aside from exposing them to oxygen and losing the SO2 in the headspace, you mean?
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Buy an extra bottle, use it to over-fill the others, and push the cork directly into wine. No headspace, slightly messy labels.
 
I think you absorb a fair bit of oxygen unless you recork in a glove bag (which wouldn't be so hard).
 
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