Favorite Wines of 2009?

The wines I drank

01 Eric Texier Cote Rotie VV
06 Allemand Cornas Reynard
00 San Leonardo
05 George Descombes Morgon VV
99 Juge Cornas Cuvee SC

88 Raveneau Chablis Blanchots
01 Benanti Pietramarina
97 Hirtzberger Riesling Federspiel Steinterrasen
99 Drouhin Beaune Clos des Mouches blanc
04 Belliviere Coteaux du Loir L'Effraie

The wines that amazed me with but a wee taste

89 Dauvissat Chablis Le Clos
07 Christian Moreau Chablis Le Clos
95 de Montille Volnay Champans from mag
06 Pacalet Nuits St Georges
01 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
01 Costanti Brunello Riserva

The 07 Cuvee Marcel Lapierre on new years eve (thanks tofurkey) might also have been a contender but all those Negronis have clouded the memory slightly.

And then there were the go-to wines that satisfied (and then some) again and again: various vintages of Pepiere Clos des Briords, 02 Huet Petillant (1st release) and 07 Foillard Morgon Cote de Py.
 
White
1947 Huet Vouvray Moelleaux Le Haut-Lie
1957 Lopez de Heredia Gran Reserva Vina Tondoni Blanco
1971 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr TBA
1988 Knoll Vinothekfllung
1992 Hirtzberger Singerriedel Riesling Smaragd
1995 Hirtzberger Singerriedel Riesling Smaragd
1995 Pichler Grner Veltliner Kellerberg
1997 Pichler Grner Veltliner Kellerberg
2007 Pichler Grner Veltliner Kellerberg
2007 Pichler Grner Veltliner Kellerberg
2000 Scholium Project Les Tenebres
2002 Scholium Project Sylphs
2004 Scholium Project Glos
2006 Pichler Unendlich
2006 Miani Sauvignon Blanc
2007 Scholium Project Riquewihr
2007 Keller G-Max
2007 Keller Hubacker
2007 Pichler Unendlich

Red
1975 Emedio Pepe
1988 Gentaz Cote Rote
1989 Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi Fiorano
1997 Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Secco
1998 Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Secco
2005 La Grapperie Adonis (First bottle tried)
2005 Cornelissen Magma
2005 Ezio Voyat Chambave Luraglie Rosso
2006 Arianna Occhipinti Frappato
2006 Ganevat Plein Sud
2007 Dard et Ribo Pe de Loup
2007 Foillard Morgon Cote du Py
2007 Overnoy Poulsard
2007 Cameron Pinot Noir Dundee Hills
2008 Rhys Syrahs from Barrel
2008 Wind Gap Pinot Noir Woodruff Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains
Numerous Lopez, Truchot & Verset

Sparkling
NV Camil Donati
2002 Huet Vouvray Petillant (First Release)
2004 Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Blance de Blancs Haut
NV Vouette & Sorbe Blanc dargyle
NV Vouette & Sorbe Fidele
NV Vouette & Sorbe Saignee de Sorbee
Lamblee
NV Selosse Substance
NV Selosse Rose
NV Selosse Extra Brut

Other discoveries:
German Spatbrgunder
Jos Pastor Selections
The whole Ganevat collection

White of the year - 1957 Lopez de Heredia Gran Reserva Vina Tondoni Blanco

Red of the year - 2005 Cornelissen Magma

Sparking wine of the year NV Camil Donati Il Milo

Champagne of the year - NV Vouette & Sorbe Saignee de Sorbee

Importer of the year Jose Pastor Selections. Honorable mention: Mosel Wine Merchants

Williamsburg hipster producer of the year Frank Cornelissen
 
originally posted by JasonA:

I share this same issue, what is it with Syrah?
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My theory is that some people are capsicum-averse in wine. Prior to the Faury VV I had had some well-realized syrah (Eric's Brezeme Pergault and some solid Aussies come to mind as the best) that was full of delicious but which nonetheless didn't quite sit right with me. My guess it it's the pepper.

I also seem to be biased towards red over black fruits so that may be an additional limitation of my palate.

There are some people here who dislike Sauvignon Blanc regardless of how well it's made (I am most definitely not among them). I think it may be that some people are more drawn to or repulsed by certain grapes than others. For me I'm strongly predisposed to like Sangiovese and Gamay.

Robert, G-Max and Unendlich may put you beyond the range of hipster into the airy stratosphere of the wine elite. Still, if you need someone to caddy your bottles in exchange for a sip now and then, I might be available...
 
originally posted by Steven Spielmann:
originally posted by JasonA:

I share this same issue, what is it with Syrah?
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My theory is that some people are capsicum-averse in wine. Prior to the Faury VV I had had some well-realized syrah (Eric's Brezeme Pergault and some solid Aussies come to mind as the best) that was full of delicious but which nonetheless didn't quite sit right with me. My guess it it's the pepper.

I also seem to be biased towards red over black fruits so that may be an additional limitation of my palate.

There are some people here who dislike Sauvignon Blanc regardless of how well it's made (I am most definitely not among them). I think it may be that some people are more drawn to or repulsed by certain grapes than others. For me I'm strongly predisposed to like Sangiovese and Gamay.

Robert, G-Max and Unendlich may put you beyond the range of hipster into the airy stratosphere of the wine elite. Still, if you need someone to caddy your bottles in exchange for a sip now and then, I might be available...
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More coincidence here, as I often think I could give up all varieties in favor of Gamay. The redder the fruit the better.

My issue with Sarah is not in my stomach but in my head. I find that I am more likely to suffer the after effects of imbibing from Sarah than from any other variety. Never stopped me from enjoying it though.
 
originally posted by Steven Spielmann:
originally posted by JasonA:I share this same issue, what is it with Syrah?
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My theory is that some people are capsicum-averse in wine.
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There are some people here who dislike Sauvignon Blanc regardless of how well it's made (I am most definitely not among them).
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I found these statements interesting taken together, as some might describe the herbaceous streak often found in cool climate sauvignon blanc as reminiscent of fresh capsicum or jalapeno. I've certainly seen it bandied about in notes around this place.

Descriptor subjectivity notwithstanding, etc. etc.
 
originally posted by JasonA:


My issue with Sarah is not in my stomach but in my head. I find that I am more likely to suffer the after effects of imbibing from Sarah than from any other variety. Never stopped me from enjoying it though.
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Poor Sarah (whoever she is) doesn't even get a feminine pronoun.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by slaton:

Descriptor subjectivity notwithstanding, etc. etc.
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Nah, it's pyrazines for everybody.
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But how are those pyrazines described? Cat pee? Capsicum? Grassy? Herbaceous?
That smacks of descriptor subjectivity to me.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by slaton:

Descriptor subjectivity notwithstanding, etc. etc.
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Nah, it's pyrazines for everybody.
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But how are those pyrazines described? Cat pee? Capsicum? Grassy? Herbaceous?
That smacks of descriptor subjectivity to me.

Mark Lipton
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Sure. The underlying stimulus is from the same class of heterocycles, how it smells depends on a bunch of things--what else is in the wine, how much and which pyrazine is present, the temperature of the wine, alcohol content, a zillion things. And then people clearly have variation in their receptors.

It's no wonder a bunch of names get attached.
 
Mr. Dentice, I'd like to make a reservation at your restaurant, and to arrange some wines in advance.

Re: pyrazines, I think that's right, but I don't think they're responsible for syrah-dislike. Sauvignon family (including its red offspring) dislike, yes. Not-fully-brown-seeded-a/k/a-overripe sauvignon family, for certain. (Yes, that's a deliberate prod.) I think the problem with syrah is not one of pyrazines but of structural weight and organoleptic (physical) pressure.
 
originally posted by JasonA:
I find that I am more likely to suffer the after effects of imbibing from Sarah than from any other variety..
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There must be some intervening variables because I can't see how syrah is any more toxic than other grapes.

But, everyone has his/her own drinking pattern..
 
Oh, heck, here goes.

85 ZH Pinot Gris Rangen Clos St. Urbain
91 and 90 Jaboulet CH Thalabert
88 Tempier Tourtine
88 Verset
92 Faiveley Corton Clos des Cortons
94 Pegau
08 Brun CdBrouilly
02 Foreau Moulleux
06 Pinon Nondose
96-98 Lapierre flight
97 Foillard
96 Hureau Lisagathe
96 Lafarge Clos des Ducs
88 Mont Olivet
94 Chave blanc
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
But, everyone has his/her own drinking pattern..
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And, his/her own genes (which influence what your olfactory and gustatory systems can detect, and how you will react to it).
 
Several of my own top wines, those from Spain, are already listed in another thread below, on 'Our Spanish wines of the year', which as I expected has elicited huge interest from this august gathering, always so fond of purple high-alcohol wines from Iberia that are not vintage port. For memory, the top three were Marqus de Riscal 150 Aniversario Gran Reserva 2001, Seleccin de Aada 2004 Pazo de Seorans and La Bota de Palo Cortado No. 17 Bota Punta Equipo Navazos.

Those were new releases. Among older wines I'd say Castillo de Ygay Blanco 1946 Marqus de Murrieta, Marqus de Riscal Limousin Rueda 1989 and Contino Reserva 1980. Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques 1er Cru 2003 Denis Mortet and Pio Cesare Barolo 1996 (which I liked better than the Ornato) stand out among many great non-Spanish wines. In the case of the Mortet, there are some sentimental considerations too it seems that it was a Parisian journalist's (unfair and unfounded) view that he had mishandled the difficult 2003 that pushed Denis over the edge and made him, literally, pull the trigger.

Reflecting the said huge interest, disorderlies have been kind enough to Spain in this thread to mention, among hundreds of fine and politically correct wines, five from this country (La Bota de Manzanilla No. 16 Equipo Navazos, Valdesil 2007, Pago de Carraovejas Reserva 2004, Els Jelipins 2004 and Via Tondonia Blanco 1957), plus unspecified red Tondonias and Jos Pastor selections. All things considered, a good showing for Spain on WD.
 
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