1983 Chteau Tayac Margaux
Not my usual kind of wine. Brought over as a gift from someone who found it in their strange cellar. So I was expecting vinegar but it did much better than that. Pretty dark plummy fruit and good gravelly tannins providing some semblance of structure. But for the most part it is resolved, mellow, mature, not very complex, but I wish there were more people around because then I might have actually finished the bottle. As it was, it was sitting heavy in my stomach and I was bored, so I moved on to:
2007 Domaine de Bellivire Jasnires Les Rosiers
Intense rich juicy tingly mineral fruit. Maybe a bit too intense and oversized (is all this tropical-ness from the oak?) for me right now, but it is certainly attractive and I guess I shouldnt expect too much elegance from this bottling.
2006 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Poulsard M
Love this wine. And you probably do too. Diamond crystal pale trembling silky fragrant Jolly Rancher (strawberry, rhubarb, raspberry, all depends when you sip) goodness. A bit of earth in the middle but such a delicate yet vibrant flavor frame of a wine. Must buy more to investigate these pleasures further.
2007 Ca de Noci Bianco Querciole
We all know the deal. Yeasty and beery but delicious and different (at least to those of us who don't drink this stuff all the time). Fun. Seemed to need air to stretch out so I guess it is only beginning?
2007 Edmunds St. John That Old Black Magic
All that is right and good with California wine. I may not drink enough of the stuff to be up to date on all the latest developments, but I can't contain my happiness while drinking this warm rich gripping strapping savory easy mouthful of a bottle. Goes perfectly with chickpeas in a roasted tomato sauce and I keep opening it for casual wine drinkers trying to convert them to the ESJ Ways. Works so far.
Not my usual kind of wine. Brought over as a gift from someone who found it in their strange cellar. So I was expecting vinegar but it did much better than that. Pretty dark plummy fruit and good gravelly tannins providing some semblance of structure. But for the most part it is resolved, mellow, mature, not very complex, but I wish there were more people around because then I might have actually finished the bottle. As it was, it was sitting heavy in my stomach and I was bored, so I moved on to:
2007 Domaine de Bellivire Jasnires Les Rosiers
Intense rich juicy tingly mineral fruit. Maybe a bit too intense and oversized (is all this tropical-ness from the oak?) for me right now, but it is certainly attractive and I guess I shouldnt expect too much elegance from this bottling.
2006 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Poulsard M
Love this wine. And you probably do too. Diamond crystal pale trembling silky fragrant Jolly Rancher (strawberry, rhubarb, raspberry, all depends when you sip) goodness. A bit of earth in the middle but such a delicate yet vibrant flavor frame of a wine. Must buy more to investigate these pleasures further.
2007 Ca de Noci Bianco Querciole
We all know the deal. Yeasty and beery but delicious and different (at least to those of us who don't drink this stuff all the time). Fun. Seemed to need air to stretch out so I guess it is only beginning?
2007 Edmunds St. John That Old Black Magic
All that is right and good with California wine. I may not drink enough of the stuff to be up to date on all the latest developments, but I can't contain my happiness while drinking this warm rich gripping strapping savory easy mouthful of a bottle. Goes perfectly with chickpeas in a roasted tomato sauce and I keep opening it for casual wine drinkers trying to convert them to the ESJ Ways. Works so far.