'72 Burgs

originally posted by Ned Hoey:

The context is Burgundy, money and value have no meaning there...

or,

if you aren't prepared to gamble your money, never mind worry about value, then stay away from Burgundy.
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I'm a big fan of Burgundy and a big fan of Chandon de Briailles. But as someone who is not independently wealthy I am obviously more risk-averse than you are. So I actually considered purchasing this '72 CdB but given the available information it is too risky for me and I would rather spend that $40 on other less-risky Burgundy (of which there is plenty).

Of course that is compounded by the fact that I don't live in DC. But, if I could just walk to Schneider's I may very well have risked the $40. (As I have risked my money several times with older bottles from them in the past).

Nonetheless, I don't agree with your characterization that enjoying Burgundy is about throwing money after disappointing bottles.
 
I'm a big fan of Burgundy and a big fan of Chandon de Briailles. But as someone who is not independently wealthy I am obviously more risk-averse than you are. So I actually considered purchasing this '72 CdB but given the available information it is too risky for me and I would rather spend that $40 on other less-risky Burgundy (of which there is plenty).

Of course that is compounded by the fact that I don't live in DC. But, if I could just walk to Schneider's I may very well have risked the $40. (As I have risked my money several times with older bottles from them in the past).

Nonetheless, I don't agree with your characterization that enjoying Burgundy is about throwing money after disappointing bottles.
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Yep. There's more to figure in the picture than "old" and "cheap" to my buying decisions. In any region.

I hope they are great though.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Ned Hoey:

The context is Burgundy, money and value have no meaning there...

or,

if you aren't prepared to gamble your money, never mind worry about value, then stay away from Burgundy.
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I'm a big fan of Burgundy and a big fan of Chandon de Briailles. But as someone who is not independently wealthy I am obviously more risk-averse than you are. So I actually considered purchasing this '72 CdB but given the available information it is too risky for me and I would rather spend that $40 on other less-risky Burgundy (of which there is plenty).

Of course that is compounded by the fact that I don't live in DC. But, if I could just walk to Schneider's I may very well have risked the $40. (As I have risked my money several times with older bottles from them in the past).

Nonetheless, I don't agree with your characterization that enjoying Burgundy is about throwing money after disappointing bottles.
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I wasn't able to communicate the half serious but friendly wise ass spirit with which the post was made with out emoticons. I guess I lack the skills.

I do have to take you to task on your parting shot. That's a straw conclusion you're disagreeing with there.
 
Opened it with some friends. The nose was earthy with a little bit of funk, a wee bit of barnyard. It had a lot of acid and seemed very energetic to me. A lot more youthful than I would have originally thought. The acid gave the wine a lot of snap. The weight was good, light on the palate. Very flavorful, but the malic acid was very pronounced. The wine came off as very apple-ly, with the apple lingering long on the finish. I didn't really pick up too much tannin in the wine at all, presumably because it was resolved.

Anyway, that is my two cents. It was good, it was fun, but I probably won't buy another bottle. Glad I had it though.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim: The wine came off as very apple-ly, with the apple lingering long on the finish..
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I often get beautiful perfumed apple orchard notes with aged Burgundy.

Sounds fun, glad you liked it.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:

It was good, it was fun, but I probably won't buy another bottle. Glad I had it though.
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That's a pretty good outcome for a random old wine. Mazel tov.
 
Over how long a period did you have it for? I would think if you popped and poured it would have
opened appreciably after and hour or so. With such youth and appley snap apparent, I'm thinking
after a bit you would have seen some sous bois and spices appear. No unique complexities of maturity?
 
originally posted by Ned Hoey:With such youth and appley snap apparent, I'm thinking after a bit you would have seen some sous bois and spices appear. No unique complexities of maturity?
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I don't know about Yule, but the faded apple orchard (not sure if orchard is the right word but I use it because it adds the woodsy/sous bois elements) smells I get are often strong signs of maturity.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Ned Hoey:With such youth and appley snap apparent, I'm thinking after a bit you would have seen some sous bois and spices appear. No unique complexities of maturity?
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I don't know about Yule, but the faded apple orchard (not sure if orchard is the right word but I use it because it adds the woodsy/sous bois elements) smells I get are often strong signs of maturity.
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Sure, I don't doubt it's mature wine, but this is Burgundy. Was there little that spoke of 35 years
and unique layers of complexity that only come from that kind of time, even if of modest dimension? I guess I'm surprised to read that the experience at a mere $40 wasn't worth a repeat.
 
I personally didn't pick up too many spice notes, forest floor, and the other characteristics I often hear bandied about when talking about mature burgundy, but my friends and I (who are not as interested as wine as I am) were also cracking fart jokes (and other jokes of equivalent sophistication)during dinner, so I probably didn't pay as much attention to the wine as dinner progressed as I should have and didn't notice that much evolution.

Not to say the wine was one note or boring. There was this interesting funkiness that I have a hard time describing that made the wine intellectually interesting to me. Something brooding in the background. I'm not sure. Perhaps a more experienced taster than me will be able to pick up more. I'm still learning.

And that is probably the principle reason why I won't pick up another bottle. I feel like I should try different wines to help expand my knowledge base and cultivate my palate. I'm glad I had this wine because it constitutes a another step towards that goal. But, having already served that purpose, revisiting it probably won't be the best use of my resources when I should try other things in order to develop my tasting experience and to help figure out what I should focus on in the future.

Not to say other people shouldn't try it. It was fun and it still seems to me to be in good shape. And like Ned said, it is $40. A nice introduction to mature burgundy, at least to me.
 
Yeah ok, it looks like it will take a more serious (expensive) old bottle to hook you. Of course then you will be ruined for life, little else except for equally old Barolo will do...
 
Good to hear it showed pretty well. I picked mine up at Fed Ex last night. After the cross-country trip in the airplane, probably won't try one for a month.
 
I'm presuming it was malic. It tasted very apple-ly and the wine was very acidic.

Luckily, I enjoy high acid, so I liked it. For one of my friends at the table, it was too much and he got turned off.
 
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