Jay Miller
Jay Miller
"you're getting wayyyy too excited about gamay. "
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2009 Lapierre Morgon - anyone?
- Thread starter Florida Jim
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"you're getting wayyyy too excited about gamay. "
Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
I also put it in the category of liked but not loved - and not as interesting as the '05 was on release.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Just saw your latest note, Keith, the one on 02 Huet Petillant. Glad I stocked up last year. Do you know which bottling you were drinking?
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I also put it in the category of liked but not loved - and not as interesting as the '05 was on release.
The 2005 I got my hands on was really erratic.
Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
2nd release.originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Just saw your latest note, Keith, the one on 02 Huet Petillant. Glad I stocked up last year. Do you know which bottling you were drinking?
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Thanks. Praise for this bottling was muted hereabouts; will have to open one soonish to see for myself.
Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
In a much, much better place now than it was last year. Jay and Brad can vouch too.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Good; it's nice when a purchase based on theory turns out well in practice.
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
In a much, much better place now than it was last year. Jay and Brad can vouch too.
yes, definitely.
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I also put it in the category of liked but not loved - and not as interesting as the '05 was on release.
I like 09 Lapierre better than 05 at this point. The latter had an off-putting candied quality.
Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
These discussions of 2009 v. 2005 are frustrating for those of us in the west. Kermit hasn't deigned to deliver any 2009 Lapierre to us yet. Word is perhaps in November.
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
These discussions of 2009 v. 2005 are frustrating for those of us in the west. Kermit hasn't deigned to deliver any 2009 Lapierre to us yet. Word is perhaps in November.
You'll have it when we're out back east, plus you might get some unsulfured.
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
In a much, much better place now than it was last year. Jay and Brad can vouch too.
I vouch.
Mark Davis
Mark Davis
Had the wine tonight..
It's a wine I've been buying for quite some time and this is definitely a wine that is seemingly balanced, ready, fruit-forward, and wide open today...I sense the ripeness and get a bit of alcohol on back end of the palate (unfortunately) - which might explain the stupid scores...13% on the bottle...It's entirely too gulpable. My biggest worry is whether it will develop complexity and nuance and sense of place...like so many of the prior vintages???...I'm not too sure...it's the essence of Gamay, the essence of fruit, a wine of simplicity today.
I can see this vintage as a crowd pleaser.
It's a wine I've been buying for quite some time and this is definitely a wine that is seemingly balanced, ready, fruit-forward, and wide open today...I sense the ripeness and get a bit of alcohol on back end of the palate (unfortunately) - which might explain the stupid scores...13% on the bottle...It's entirely too gulpable. My biggest worry is whether it will develop complexity and nuance and sense of place...like so many of the prior vintages???...I'm not too sure...it's the essence of Gamay, the essence of fruit, a wine of simplicity today.
I can see this vintage as a crowd pleaser.
I wouldn't object to a bit more time in barrel or perhaps bottle. You could get something more settled and more stable.originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
These discussions of 2009 v. 2005 are frustrating for those of us in the west. Kermit hasn't deigned to deliver any 2009 Lapierre to us yet. Word is perhaps in November.
Mark Davis
Mark Davis
2009 is in Portland, OR.
David M. Bueker
David M. Bueker
originally posted by Mark Davis:
I sense the ripeness and get a bit of alcohol on back end of the palate (unfortunately) - which might explain the stupid scores...13% on the bottle...
Obvious alcohol is not typically a plus for David Schildknecht. Now if it was Jay Stuart Miller who was assigning the scores then I might agree with you.
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
originally posted by Mark Davis:
I sense the ripeness and get a bit of alcohol on back end of the palate (unfortunately) - which might explain the stupid scores...13% on the bottle...
Obvious alcohol is not typically a plus for David Schildknecht. Now if it was Jay Stuart Miller who was assigning the scores then I might agree with you.
It's not the alcohol, it' the meat broth quality the wine has. He loves that shit.