Jean-Paul Brun has produced a rousanne grown in Charnay on limestone soils, and it is awesome. Jean-Paul's entire line-up was exactly what we've come to expect from him.
The 2007 Descombes Brouilly VV was the best wine I tasted yesterday. It might be because it is just a point right now, but for whatever reason buy some and drink it. I wouldn't worry about cellaring. I thought the whole Descombes line to be quite good and I am now a firm believer in the wines.
The new Pinon NV is fantastic, just like BJ said. I liked it better than the non-dos.
The Baudry ros continues to be my favorite ros. It is as good as the west coasters said.
Eric Texier's line-up was great but the 2007 Pergault and Cte-Rotie were particularly mind-blowing. The Cte-Rotie is a difficult sell in NC, which really fucking sucks. No one is making wine like this anymore. If you like Northern Rhne syrah, you should buy as much of this as you can afford (along with Allemand and Gonon). As usual, his Chteauneuf-du-Ppe blanc is a category killer.
Overall, there were many good wines, these are just the one's that stick in my head this morning as being particularly excellent. I didn't get to taste everything (Puzelat's tables was mugged the entire day) but had a great time catching up with lots of folks.
Before the Dressner tasting we met with Dan from Mosel wine Merchant. Tasting through the portfolio, I was blown away by the wines of Peter Lauer. I also really liked the wines from Uli Stein for their precision and delicacy.
Overall the portfolio is very good and is something completely different from my model for German wines. Folks really should try some of these wines.
Ippudo was disappointing. I guess a ramen shop of that size can't be expected to have the same consistency of excellence as the one's I grew to love in SoCal that were a fifth the size. Still, it scratched an itch.
At the after Dressner, pre-flight jeebus at GS the 2000 Verset, courtesy of Jay Miller, was stunning. I was blown away at the quality of the wine as I have never held 2000 in high regard. Worth looking around for. There was also a great bottle 1994 Alzinger riesling Loibenberg Smaragd. Just gorgeous wine. Chambers might still have some, I say jump.
It was nice to meet Lars Mackie and to see Jay again.
The 2007 Descombes Brouilly VV was the best wine I tasted yesterday. It might be because it is just a point right now, but for whatever reason buy some and drink it. I wouldn't worry about cellaring. I thought the whole Descombes line to be quite good and I am now a firm believer in the wines.
The new Pinon NV is fantastic, just like BJ said. I liked it better than the non-dos.
The Baudry ros continues to be my favorite ros. It is as good as the west coasters said.
Eric Texier's line-up was great but the 2007 Pergault and Cte-Rotie were particularly mind-blowing. The Cte-Rotie is a difficult sell in NC, which really fucking sucks. No one is making wine like this anymore. If you like Northern Rhne syrah, you should buy as much of this as you can afford (along with Allemand and Gonon). As usual, his Chteauneuf-du-Ppe blanc is a category killer.
Overall, there were many good wines, these are just the one's that stick in my head this morning as being particularly excellent. I didn't get to taste everything (Puzelat's tables was mugged the entire day) but had a great time catching up with lots of folks.
Before the Dressner tasting we met with Dan from Mosel wine Merchant. Tasting through the portfolio, I was blown away by the wines of Peter Lauer. I also really liked the wines from Uli Stein for their precision and delicacy.
Overall the portfolio is very good and is something completely different from my model for German wines. Folks really should try some of these wines.
Ippudo was disappointing. I guess a ramen shop of that size can't be expected to have the same consistency of excellence as the one's I grew to love in SoCal that were a fifth the size. Still, it scratched an itch.
At the after Dressner, pre-flight jeebus at GS the 2000 Verset, courtesy of Jay Miller, was stunning. I was blown away at the quality of the wine as I have never held 2000 in high regard. Worth looking around for. There was also a great bottle 1994 Alzinger riesling Loibenberg Smaragd. Just gorgeous wine. Chambers might still have some, I say jump.
It was nice to meet Lars Mackie and to see Jay again.
