2005 Jacques Prieur Beaune Champs Pimont

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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
Heavy, ecologically suspect bottle. Rich and deep red berry, lightly framed by oak. More wood than I'd like, but judicious. Good acidity, well balanced by fruit, satisfying texture and consistency. Alcohol civilized. Still primary, but not closed. Oak much less present in the mouth. Shows a whiff of modernity, but unsmiling. Marcia calls it "serious." A serious teenager.
 
some producers, evidently aware that the quality of their wines will not differentiate them from the crowd, spend money on big bottles to do what the wine cannot...
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
some producers, evidently aware that the quality of their wines will not differentiate them from the crowd, spend money on big bottles to do what the wine cannot...
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The funny thing is, I've never actually seen or heard of any consumer research data indicating this is the true.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
some producers, evidently aware that the quality of their wines will not differentiate them from the crowd, spend money on big bottles to do what the wine cannot...
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Like Leroy and DRC.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by scottreiner:
some producers, evidently aware that the quality of their wines will not differentiate them from the crowd, spend money on big bottles to do what the wine cannot...
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Like Leroy and DRC.
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i said some...
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by scottreiner:
some producers, evidently aware that the quality of their wines will not differentiate them from the crowd, spend money on big bottles to do what the wine cannot...
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Like Leroy and DRC.
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i said some...
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I think DRC and Leroy's use of the big bottles (and I think Leroy may have been one of the very first to do it) has led others to do it in imitation and hope for a halo effect.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:

I think DRC and Leroy's use of the big bottles (and I think Leroy may have been one of the very first to do it) has led others to do it in imitation and hope for a halo effect.
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I think 2000 Mouton is a particularly egregious (and likely influential) offender in this area as well. I worked at an auction house for a little bit, and carrying around cases of that stuff was one of the more obnoxious parts of the job.
 
From DRC I'll take the heavy bottle, just in case it makes it 0.00000001% less likely that I might somehow drop and break it. It's not like I'll end up with so many of them I have nowhere to put them.

The rest of them, I wish they would stop.

Jacques Prieur really pisses me off, making the style of wines they do with one of the most amazing collections of vineyards of any producer in Burgundy. But I have found some of the Beaunes pretty enjoyable in a fun, fruity way. I would find the occasion for them if they still cost $30 a bottle.
 
originally posted by John Ritchie:
I think 2000 Mouton is a particularly egregious (and likely influential) offender in this area as well. I worked at an auction house for a little bit, and carrying around cases of that stuff was one of the more obnoxious parts of the job.
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To this day I find it incomprehensible that people found that bottle cool. It is tackier than a velvet Elvis.
 
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