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O. Raffault 1990 Chinon Les Picasses (Loire) Very soft. Large-scaled herbality, espresso, raw musculature, and thick, almost syrupy black fruit. I guess this isnt ready yet. But if one needs a Chinon to convince a dedicated, green-fearing Chinon-skeptic, this might do the job. (5/10)

Luneau-Papin 1997 Muscadet Svre & Maine Sur Lie Clos des Alles Vieilles Vignes (Loire) Brittle shells and a memory of generosities long passed. Not the best vintage to have aged this long, but its fine enough, and its worth nothing that theres more heft and fullness after about six hours of room-temperature aeration, bringing in shiny metals and draped, desiccated fruit skins. Maybe the first sip underrates? Well, this is my last bottle, so Ill never know more than what Ive just written. (7/10)

C&P Breton 2004 Bourgueil Les Galichets (Loire) Green fruitripe but edged with herbs, stems, seeds, and skinsand dark, almost gritty soil. There are already mature notes floating about, and given the closure I wouldnt hold the wine any longer anyway. (6/10)

C&P Breton 2004 Bourgueil Les Galichets (Loire) Virtually identical to the previous bottle, with a bit more dark soil and intensity, plus more surviving structure. Despite this, the wine actually shows more maturity (in the form of tertiary spice/soil notes) than the previous. In any case, the advice to drink up holds. (6/10)

Mtaireau 1997 Muscadet Svre & Maine Sur Lie carte noire (Loire) Corked. (7/10)

Ollivier Domaine de la Ppire 2008 Muscadet Svre & Maine Sur Lie (Loire) Precise, shelled, and saline. Very mild, though. (5/10)

Huet 2002 Vouvray Ptillant Brut (Loire) L02 PSB, for those tracking such things. Sophisticated, with crisp acidity, chalk, aspirin and the faintest prickleso faint that, were one told that this is not ptillant, but rather just blessed with a little residual CO2, itd be believed. Like most young Huet mini-bubbles, nowhere near as generous as some of its peers. And like most young Huet mini-bubbles, it would probably outlive and outclass them all. (5/10)

Domaine de Reuilly 2008 Reuilly Pinot Gris (Loire) Pinkish orange and too avant-garde sorbet-like for my tastes; the sensation of sweet-tart candy and herbed pear isnt a pleasant one for my palate. (6/10)

Roussel & Barrouillet Clos Roche Blanche 2007 Touraine Cuve Gamay (Loire) Cedar shavings, grey earth, particulate iced pinkfruit, some deeper raspberry/cranberry tones, and needlepoint structure. A very precise wine. It may be showing a little bit of fray due to the closure. (7/10)
 
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
I'm glad people are wising up and getting rid of their old muscadets. Seems to be a trend.
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Drinking up '97s is, as in many but not all other regions, not a bad thing to be doing now.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Drinking up '97s is, as in many but not all other regions, not a bad thing to be doing now.
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Today's 97 Poyeux was certainly happy in the glass. And I could somehow tell that you liked it. But do you think it needed to/should be drunk up soon?
 
My last (European) '97s are red Loires, almost exclusively. Well, maybe some sweet Loire whites excepted. I do intend to drink them on the soonish side.
 
No rush on Austrian '97s from good producers.

'97s from the Loire will not have the legs of '96, mostly.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Drinking up '97s is, as in many but not all other regions, not a bad thing to be doing now.
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Today's 97 Poyeux was certainly happy in the glass. And I could somehow tell that you liked it. But do you think it needed to/should be drunk up soon?
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Red Loires and Vouvray were the primary exceptions in my mind. Though the Poyeaux was showing much much better now than I expected.

And if you want to be more thorough I suppose I'm still holding my '97 Musar. But such major wine regions as Muscadet, Bordeaux, Burgundy and California strike me as vintages that are not for holding.
 
I haven't had enough 1997 Jura's recently to be able to comment intelligently on how the vintage is showing :(

But I can say that there is an incredibly beautiful orange full moon rising over the skyline at the moment.

And that the bottle of 1993 Rollin Pernand Vergelesses I opened tonight was one of the good ones.

And that I am very curious as to how my sous vide chicken livers are going to turn out.

And that I'm looking forward to the new season of Project Runway.

So hopefully one of those random pieces of information will make up for my lamentable lack of Jura references.
 
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