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originally posted by Thor:
Hey, speaking of incredibly difficult Beaujolais, has anyone had a Brun 2003 Cte du Brouilly of late? Still impenetrable? Falling apart? I recently discovered that I own some.
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This might help. I had the 2003 Lapierre the other day and it came together great. Full, great mouthfeel, no heat, and lowish acidity as to be expected. I remember tasting this on release and it was a hot mess.

I bet it's good. If anywhere can take the heat of '03 its CDB.
 
Thanks, Lyle.

Claude, it just doesn't work coming from you. Try "that's a heck of a deal" without accenting any syllable, nor pronouncing any of the vowels in a recognizable way.
 
originally posted by Thor:

Claude, it just doesn't work coming from you. Try "that's a heck of a deal" without accenting any syllable, nor pronouncing any of the vowels in a recognizable way.
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Whatever.

Anyway, I'm enjoying a Bernhard Huber 2007 Malterdinger Pinot Noir(Sptburgunder). Next time you're trapped in Alsace, it might be worth your while to go over to the Right Bank and taste some great Pinot Noirs in Malterdingen.
 
Hey, I tasted plenty of great pinot noir from...um...uh...I mean...

OK. I hang my head in shame.

Why doesn't your boy Trapet make pinot noir in Alsace? Or would they run him out of Burgundy if he did?
 
I think the NY stash is fine. I've never had trouble with Foillard after they get over the journey, and I get most of mine in NY, too. Sounds like Lyle just doesn't dig the style most of the time. I have yet to really see the appeal of Descombes -- too meaty for me.
 
originally posted by Thor:
Hey, I tasted plenty of great pinot noir from...um...uh...I mean...

OK. I hang my head in shame.

Why doesn't your boy Trapet make pinot noir in Alsace? Or would they run him out of Burgundy if he did? *grin*
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Oh, I could think of many reasons why Jean-Louis doesn't, but I'll ask him next time. BTW, it's not just in Malterdingen and the rest of Baden (q.v., Dr. Heger in recent vintages). Friedrich Becker makes superb Pinot Noir, nominally from Schwaigen in the Pfalz, but most of it from Alsace, on the outskirts of Wissembourg (lovely cathedral and nice old town there). Have to agree with Michel Bettane when he said, "Why can't the Alsatians produce wine like this?"
 
Have to agree with Michel Bettane when he said, "Why can't the Alsatians produce wine like this?"
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It's a lingering question, for sure. Certainly it's getting too warm for a number of the grapes they're currently growing.
 
Not much said here about Desvignes. Does anyone drink them or do we all just lay them down and try not to think about them for 20 years?
 
Is this since the new wine maker took over?
Cuz I've had some pretty remarkable Tempiers, although they tend to be 1998 and earlier.
The 1998 LaTourtine is what really turned me on to Bandol.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:


For what it's worth, in my loose and unscientific classification of low-sulfur wines I always put Foillard towards the top in terms of most stability.
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:)))))

Maybe you should add Mosel Rieslings to your classification, then...
 
originally posted by Nicolas Mestre:
The price is ludicrous.

The way this wine is regarded as the pinnacle of what the genre is capable of is ridiculous.

Plus, it doesn't strike me as an honest wine. In fact, none of the Tempiers were very compelling.

The white was a dead ringer for NZ sauvignon blanc.
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What the fuck does honest mean? Tempier has made some excellent wines. IMHO, a four letter phrase you should become familiar with while you're throwing opinions around.
 
originally posted by Lyle Fass:
originally posted by Thor:
I knew of you in Boston kind of. You used to come into the Wine Bottega but only talked to Peter. I was there for 1999-2000-and a little '01.
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Sure, but can you blame me? (emoticons, etc., fit in somewhere here-ish)
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No. I knew diddly back then and Peter was a mini wine celebrity.
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Peter's still miles ahead of us all- he's selected Canella's "Blood Orange Mimosa, Cocktail of Venezia!" as his choice for Friday night's Staff Selections Tasting. It's the sake2me of Summer 2010!

I was worried I was going to have to defend my choice of Chidaine Clos Habert's value-for-money (not to mention its food-worthiness in the face of that pesky RS) but thankfully Peter will have blazed THAT trail!
 
Lyle, fuck off newbie. It's good to have you back here.
I think Foillard, just like Lapierre, Breton and Thevenet, have bottles tasting very bad some days, sometime for weeks, months, but there's always a good time for them. They should be considered like burgundy bottles...they often close.
When they do, all you get is the flaws, in morgon, mostly V.A and brett. The fruit's hiding, all that's wrong come out. That said, 08 is definitely not a GREAT year, at least in the beaujolais or the jura.

Eric, i want to see the numbers....
 
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