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Savennieres - 06/07/08 vs 05
- Thread starter Josh Beck
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Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
What did dick have to say?
02 is reputedly good. Savennieres is a wine that should be able to take quite a bit of age well, but it shuts down (I believe) and many enjoy them young. The 01 Baumard Papillon was very good a year or two ago, for example (it might still be, but we finished ours).
If you 'search,' you'll find a recent 'loire chenin' report by SFJoe, which could help you get a feel for some of the region's wines in recent vintages. You may have to accept Vouvray and Montlouis as proxies, though: I don't recall whether Joe visited any Savennieres producers (Closel, perhaps?).
02 is reputedly good. Savennieres is a wine that should be able to take quite a bit of age well, but it shuts down (I believe) and many enjoy them young. The 01 Baumard Papillon was very good a year or two ago, for example (it might still be, but we finished ours).
If you 'search,' you'll find a recent 'loire chenin' report by SFJoe, which could help you get a feel for some of the region's wines in recent vintages. You may have to accept Vouvray and Montlouis as proxies, though: I don't recall whether Joe visited any Savennieres producers (Closel, perhaps?).
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Yes, Closel.
Kay Bixler
Kay Bixler
Josh, you may also consider the OCD strategy of wine buying where you find a producer or vineyard you like and buy every vintage. Obsessively. And then never drink them for fear of having a break in the chain of vintages.
It's working for me.
Kay
It's working for me.
Kay
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
What did dick have to say?
He said Savennieres is good and I should drink more of it.
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Josh, you may also consider the OCD strategy of wine buying where you find a producer or vineyard you like and buy every vintage. Obsessively. And then never drink them for fear of having a break in the chain of vintages.
It's working for me.
Kay
Already there. I just need to get my talking points in order so that I can feign knowledge of the wines I'm cellaring!
originally posted by Josh Beck:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Josh, you may also consider the OCD strategy of wine buying where you find a producer or vineyard you like and buy every vintage. Obsessively. And then never drink them for fear of having a break in the chain of vintages.
It's working for me.
Kay
Already there. I just need to get my talking points in order so that I can feign knowledge of the wines I'm cellaring!
I've made the mistake of wasting cellar space on wines I wasn't familiar with...dangerous business.