TN: Brooklyn Disorderlies #1

[Jeff Grossman]

6/29/10 Sripraphai

The first gathering of the Brooklyn Disorderlies. Three of us (Suzanne, Roger, Jeff). In Queens. So it goes.

I expect it will be easier to get onto people's calendars in the Fall.

Anyway, Suzanne and Roger have both been here before -- in fact, Suzanne is a regular! -- so they handle the ordering: green papaya salad, roasted duck salad, fried watercress and mixed seafood salad, cao soy (yellow curry with noodles), a spicy pork dish and a fragrant beef dish. On the way out I picked up two desserts to take home, a very firm pumpkin custard and some strangely tough rice-coconut patties.

With only three of us at dinner we had to limit ourselves to only 5 bottles:

Bornard NV Cremant du Jura, Blanc de blancs - 12.5%, big bubbles, dry as a desert, pretty unripe and lacking in charm, "Boring" -Roger

Weingart 2001 Schloss Furstenberg Riesling Spatlese - 1 656 123 008 02, acid-deficient but a lovely nose hinting of pineapple and peach, a favorite at the table tonight

Donnhoff 2004 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese - 7 753 01 008 05, 8%, zippy and limey, just barely sweet, a bit too simple at this stage

S. Ehlen 2007 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spatlese feinherb - 2 590 08 005 08, 11.5%, I picked this up on a guess; decent acidity, noticeable earthiness, no fruit to speak of, interesting but not really charming

Renardet-Fache NV Cerdon Bugey, methode ancestrale - 7.5%, need anything be said?

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Stay tuned for news of further Brooklyn Disorderly events, once we get some more reasonable weather into town.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
TN: Brooklyn Disorderlies #16/29/10 Sripraphai

Three of us (Suzanne, Roger, Jeff). In Queens. So it goes.

I expect it will be easier to get onto people's calendars in the Fall.

Or perhaps if you meet in Brooklyn.

With only three of us at dinner we had to limit ourselves to only 5 bottles:

I don't understand. Does the restaurant restrict you to 1 2/3 bottles per person? I suppose I've heard of stranger corkage policies.

Donnhoff 2004 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese - 7 753 01 008 05, 8%, zippy and limey, just barely sweet, a bit too simple at this stage

Thanks for the update here.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I expect it will be easier to get onto people's calendars in the Fall.

Or perhaps if you meet in Brooklyn.

We went with the available expertise.

With only three of us at dinner we had to limit ourselves to only 5 bottles:

I don't understand. Does the restaurant restrict you to 1 2/3 bottles per person? I suppose I've heard of stranger corkage policies.

That's a joke, son.

aside:Brilliant boy. Sharp as a bowling ball.

Donnhoff 2004 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese - 7 753 01 008 05, 8%, zippy and limey, just barely sweet, a bit too simple at this stage

Thanks for the update here.

Wish I had better things to say about it....

 

[Thor]

With only three of us at dinner we had to limit ourselves to only 5 bottles:

I don't understand. Does the restaurant restrict you to 1 2/3 bottles per person? I suppose I've heard of stranger corkage policies.

That's a joke, son.

I was extremely confused when I finished the message and saw Mr. Miller's byline, rather than Mr. Maxwell's.

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Thor: I was extremely confused when I finished the message and saw Mr. Miller's byline, rather than Mr. Maxwell's.

Stop the slander!

For what it's worth, I had a bottle of 04 Brucke Spatlese back in the fall and thought it was a little closed/difficult to evaluate but still plenty of fun. (Yes Thor, fun). I'm no expert here but it seemed to have plenty of potential for complexity. But I can imagine things have closed even further since.

 

[David M. Bueker]

There have been reports in various corners of the interweb that the top 2004 German Rieslings are opening up. They are false reports.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Thor:

With only three of us at dinner we had to limit ourselves to only 5 bottles:

I don't understand. Does the restaurant restrict you to 1 2/3 bottles per person? I suppose I've heard of stranger corkage policies.

That's a joke, son.

I was extremely confused when I finished the message and saw Mr. Miller's byline, rather than Mr. Maxwell's.

Blame the ban on emoticons.

 

[Thor]

Yes, but without the emoticons, it is Maxwellian.

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Thor:
Yes, but without the emoticons, it is Maxwellian.

It's not my fault you can't follow the humor without cartoon aides!

 

[Thor]

You mean like candy-stripers?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Those are the lovely little old ladies who paint the stripes on candy canes, right?

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Those are the lovely little old ladies who paint the stripes on candy canes, right?

I think that Thor probably had other meanings in mind, Jeff.

Mark Lipton

 

[Thor]

True, but now I'm starting to understand Jeff a little better.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Thor:
Yes, but without the emoticons, it is Maxwellian.

Mea culpa. My apologies Jeff. I'm sorry (insert ostentatiously weepy emoticon here)!

 

[JasonA]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
TN: Brooklyn Disorderlies #16/29/10 Sripraphai

Bornard NV Cremant du Jura, Blanc de blancs - 12.5%, big bubbles, dry as a desert, pretty unripe and lacking in charm, "Boring" -Roger

Up until the point I was going to go and then couldn't, I was going to bring one of these, along with something else. Glad I didn't make you suffer through two bottles.

 

[Cory Cartwright]

The Bornard note doesn't sound right, unless it was refermenting (which i can totally see). When I tried it with the man himself there was still quite a bit of RS.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Maybe you'd tried one that hadn't finished.

 

[Cory Cartwright]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Maybe you'd tried one that hadn't finished.

"This still tastes like wine. We're aiming more for cider, or hopefully, lambic beer"

I actually confused one winemaker's pet-nat for his cider.

 

[Morgan Harris]

Bornard's stuff is crazy, all around. I mean this in the best of possible ways. I tried a fair amount of his lineup at the Jura tasting in June. All showing funky as hell, but very well.

Bottle variation is to be expected.

 

[Nicolas Mestre]

I would appreciate it if everyone could stop promoting Renardat-Fache Cerdon. It is one of the few wines from the LDM portfolio from which we derive a profit.

I have been recently informed that there is not a drop of 2009 remaining at the winery.

What will the good citizens of this Commonwealth do without mirth inducing sweet pink bubbly wine to get them through the perils of a Virginia August?


I blame you.