Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
5/7/10 Excesses in the Cellar
Joe Dougherty, Jay Miller, Jeff Grossman, and the cast of Chelsea Storage (Tim, Josh, and ?)
There were two baguettes, a slice of really good pate, a saucisson, and a small square of cheese. All very yummy but not nearly enough food to counter-balance the onslaught of wine headed its way.
Not a cull party, just Friday night over-indulgence:
Allemand 2002 Cornas - Joe picked up a case of this cheaply. It may have been a terrible vintage but the wine is nice. Identifiably N. Rhone syrah. It probably doesn't have stuffing for the ages but drink it now and it's lovely.
Rollin 1993 Pernand-Vergelesses - Jay and I picked up a case of this cheaply. A very pretty village wine. Charming and polite and delicate and petite.
Inman Family 2005 Pinot Noir, Olivet Grange Vineyard - A shock after the Rollin, so much younger and less subtle. Still, delicate.
Arcadian 2003 Pinot Noir, Pisoni Vineyard - Jay was all prepared, at twice the price, to show up the Inman with this wine but, it, too, is a shock after the Rollin. After adjusting our expectations a bit, this is little more gutsy than Inman but I'm not convinced that that is praise.
Olga Raffault 2002 Chinon - Vigorous. Drink and hold.
Olga Raffault 1985 Chinon - All is resolved, peaceful, yummy wine.
Pacalet 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin - Does not suit me as Pacalet's wines always seem to have a too-strong similarity to each other. I'm not sure anybody else is really pleased, either, although Joe says that, in the context of each other, Pacalet's wines do show proper regional character.
Concannon 1974 Cabernet Sauvignon - The good old days in California really were.
Ridge 1987 Geyserville - (no note?)
Bize 2006 Savigny-les-Beaune "Les Bourgeots" - (no note?)
Savoye 2005 Morgon, Cote du Py - I think this was very tight.
Did we drink the fizzy orange malvasia, too?
The very latter parts of the evening are misshapen in my memory, a fact which I blame on the super-collider. This is just the kind of temporal disturbance that we've been warned about. Isn't it?
Joe Dougherty, Jay Miller, Jeff Grossman, and the cast of Chelsea Storage (Tim, Josh, and ?)
There were two baguettes, a slice of really good pate, a saucisson, and a small square of cheese. All very yummy but not nearly enough food to counter-balance the onslaught of wine headed its way.
Not a cull party, just Friday night over-indulgence:
Allemand 2002 Cornas - Joe picked up a case of this cheaply. It may have been a terrible vintage but the wine is nice. Identifiably N. Rhone syrah. It probably doesn't have stuffing for the ages but drink it now and it's lovely.
Rollin 1993 Pernand-Vergelesses - Jay and I picked up a case of this cheaply. A very pretty village wine. Charming and polite and delicate and petite.
Inman Family 2005 Pinot Noir, Olivet Grange Vineyard - A shock after the Rollin, so much younger and less subtle. Still, delicate.
Arcadian 2003 Pinot Noir, Pisoni Vineyard - Jay was all prepared, at twice the price, to show up the Inman with this wine but, it, too, is a shock after the Rollin. After adjusting our expectations a bit, this is little more gutsy than Inman but I'm not convinced that that is praise.
Olga Raffault 2002 Chinon - Vigorous. Drink and hold.
Olga Raffault 1985 Chinon - All is resolved, peaceful, yummy wine.
Pacalet 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin - Does not suit me as Pacalet's wines always seem to have a too-strong similarity to each other. I'm not sure anybody else is really pleased, either, although Joe says that, in the context of each other, Pacalet's wines do show proper regional character.
Concannon 1974 Cabernet Sauvignon - The good old days in California really were.
Ridge 1987 Geyserville - (no note?)
Bize 2006 Savigny-les-Beaune "Les Bourgeots" - (no note?)
Savoye 2005 Morgon, Cote du Py - I think this was very tight.
Did we drink the fizzy orange malvasia, too?
The very latter parts of the evening are misshapen in my memory, a fact which I blame on the super-collider. This is just the kind of temporal disturbance that we've been warned about. Isn't it?
