Favorite Wines of 2009?

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
You would have to go with the South Fork! It's like putting on a Pouilly-Fum and asking a Sancerrois if he's happy.

Understandable. I think it's the centuries of family tradition and peasants tilling the soil that distinguish the South Fork.

 

[Tom Glasgow]

originally posted by Thor:
Lies. It's all she drinks. Her Parisian friends tell her about wines they've tasted and she presents their notes as their own. Hell, even the Selosse thing is a sham, a front, the longest-running wine board snow job since the Red White character ruled the airwaves.

What about her love of Huet?

 

[Thor]

You're very nave.

 

[JBrennan]

2008 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Sptlese "Anrecht"
1966 Hessische Staatsweingter Kloster Eberbach Rauenthaler Baiken Riesling Sptlese
1970 Ridge Zinfandel Jimsomare (over the hill, but she's not dead yet)
1970 Robert Mondavi Winery Petite Sirah (would never have guessed this was nearly 40 years old)
2007 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouillon (via Putnam as Slows!)
2005 Domaine de Bellivire Coteaux du Loir Elixer de Tuf (way too young, but a wild ride)
2004 Sean Thackrey Petite Sirah Sirius Eaglepoint Ranch
1996 Franois Pinon Vouvray 1er Trie (not bad for "lesser" terroir)

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Thor:

I have always wondered about that 96 hommage georgette

Like Zachary, I think the 2000 is a "better" wine, for whatever value of "better" you prefer to apply. I'm still holding mine, but eyeing it with a mind to move it to a more accessible rack. For what it's worth, as of mid-2009 the Trimbachs think it's nuts to hold it any longer, but they regularly recommend that others drink their wines younger than they themselves do, so take that as you will.

I can't really add more to what Maureen said about the performance of the last bottle I had. It's too sweet for Scott Wurcer, but a drinker of Boxler or Weinbach (and I'm not talking about VTs) probably wouldn't bat much of an eye at the sugar/acid balance. It's a beautiful apritif wine, but the structure is powerful enough that you'll eventually want some food with it, and that food shouldn't assume that it's dry.

Extremely helpful, you three, thanks.

 

[Ignacio Villalgordo]

Jean Macle Chateau Chalon 1976
Domaine du Closel Savennires Clos du Papillon Cuve Spciale 1989
Jean Louis Chave Hermitage Cuvee Cathelin 1990
Jose Mara da Fonseca Bastardinho de Azeitao 30 Anos
Marqus de Murrieta Castillo de Ygay Gran Reserva Blanco 1940
Raymond Trollat St Joseph Blanc 1990
Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1996
Ramonet Montrachet 2001
Gentaz Dervieux Cote Rotie Cote Brune 1989
Niepoort 1863