2005 Coulee de Serrant

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Keith Levenberg

Keith Levenberg
Anyone had this wine? Thoughts? I know Jolys are sometimes... weird.

Crush has it for the cheapest price I can remember seeing for a Coulee de Serrant, $38/bottle or $30/bottle by the case.
 
i had this wine a couple months ago at a big loire tasting we did at the store. It clearly stood out amongst the other wines and i can remember lots of color, lots of metallic mineral components and an elixer-like finish that went on for a long time. We had about 1/4 glass left over and we retasted it the next day and it was even more open and showing lots of clove and spice, very cool. I like this wine a lot and think it would be great with an epic northern french dinner (oysters included). In the tasting we tried to at least match this wine's power by following it in the lineup with the Mark Angeli Anjou (2004) which was equally big but had more of a softness from the rot. Again elixer like but it was no match for the Joly. (we also picked this wine up because of that crazy price reduction, i usually love the wine but think it has a bit of a price tag issue from time to time)
 
I have come to greatly dislike the turn of phrase "(wine such) was no match for (other wine)".

The Cat Power song "The Greatest" was no match for Fergie's "My Humps".

Ahh. No match. Right.
 
I think this phrase could reasonably mean two things the way Matteo used it: (1) it wasn't as good as the Serrant; (2) it was not the right wine to succeed the Serrant. Do we really want to nit-pick each other about diction and usage?

Oh wait. I forgot what bored I'm on. Sorry, never mind.
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Yeah it's like it's grammar day or something around here today.
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No, just 'Bone Day' : the first weekday after Thanksgiving when the only part of the Turkey leftover is The Bone.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MarkS:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Yeah it's like it's grammar day or something around here today.
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No, just 'Bone Day' : the first weekday after Thanksgiving when the only part of the Turkey leftover is The Bone.
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How do you decide who gets The Bone?
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Mary Moon
 
From the FAQ:

Many of the posters on Wine Disorder have spent years traipsing around the internet together, and yes, we're aware that there can sometimes be an appearance of clubbiness. Unfortunately, that's going to happen in any ingrown, insular community of like-minded zealots. Happily for the newcomer, our familiarity with one another has bred a good amount of contempt, so fresh meat for the grinder is always welcome. Truthfully, what most of us do is just pretend to understand all the in-jokes. Sincerity is the key: once you can fake that, you're in like Flynn.
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Since jokes are so much funnier when you explain them - I guess nobody remembers Deadeye Dick's "New Age Girl" or saw the cinematic classic(?) "Dumb and Dumber"?
 
originally posted by Thor:
From the FAQ:

Many of the posters on Wine Disorder have spent years traipsing around the internet together, and yes, we're aware that there can sometimes be an appearance of clubbiness. Unfortunately, that's going to happen in any ingrown, insular community of like-minded zealots. Happily for the newcomer, our familiarity with one another has bred a good amount of contempt, so fresh meat for the grinder is always welcome. Truthfully, what most of us do is just pretend to understand all the in-jokes. Sincerity is the key: once you can fake that, you're in like Flynn.
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I nominate this for best use of the FAQ 2009.
 
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