2009 Lapierre Morgon - anyone?

Did he one-up Keith's note on the Coudert Roilette VT?

Even David has an uphill battle against the anti-glamor factor of Gamay for the WA audience. All is not lost.

There's quite a lot of Jadot/Jacques around, BTW; no 09 yet - have you tried the 09, Keith?
 
Well, don't underestimate how this works. Remember when Dnnhoff was underpriced, for example?. The Advocate gang went back to more or less ignoring Germany after the 2001 vintage, but the damage was done. Though I suppose Helmut doesn't mind, and fair enough.
 
Fair enough, and true, too. But whereas German Riesling was simply arcane to that audience (I speak in gross, sweeping generality), I think Gamay has an active low-caste association.

By the way, I just noticed that Jay Miller used the word "Fucking" in this thread. Can that be right?
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Fair enough, and true, too. But whereas German Riesling was simply arcane to that audience (I speak in gross, sweeping generality), I think Gamay has an active low-caste association.

By the way, I just noticed that Jay Miller used the word "Fucking" in this thread. Can that be right?
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Yes, but he used it ironically.
 
I've got to say that, while I appreciate his sensibilities and his background on producers, Schildknecht's descriptions of wines make my eyes glaze over, much as the descriptive prose of Flaubert does. For reasons that I've yet to identify, too many adjectives and subordinate overwhelm my senses.

Mark Lipton
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Been there. David also has a habit of making people look for their dictionary and/or thesauraus on a regular basis.

What it means is that Beaujolais actually gets just as much coverage in the Wine Advocate as California Cabernet if you count the total words, and not the number of reviews.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
There's quite a lot of Jadot/Jacques around, BTW; no 09 yet - have you tried the 09, Keith?
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I haven't seen any around. It's usually closer to Burgundy release schedule than Beaujolais.
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Better get this while you can, kiddies. Schildknecht has spoken.
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The bastard hyped Rougeard too. Welcome point chasers.
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Well, if it's the 2005 he spoke too late for any of them to find any, and they'll surely forget about it by the time the 2006 comes around.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Better get this while you can, kiddies. Schildknecht has spoken.
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The bastard hyped Rougeard too. Welcome point chasers.
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Well, if it's the 2005 he spoke too late for any of them to find any, and they'll surely forget about it by the time the 2006 comes around.
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Big reviews for the 2009s. And really not big enough, given their price. I seriously doubt his reviews won any converts. I'm not worried.

BTW, had a 2005 Clos the other day which was spondicious. Who'da thunk it?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
Ol' Schildy is nothing but trouble, I'm afraid.
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I'm starting to worry more about the berserkers. Twice recently I've run across well-priced, under-the-radar Loire whites that were sold out when I got to them. Discovered after they'd both been raved up by the enthusiasts there.
 
You've got to hand it to them. They woke up one morning & realized that those thick, goopy wines they were lapping up for years were not worth drinking, so WHAM, they turned on their false god and created an insurgency.

It was well done, but has had unfortunate market consequences. (Although they still seem desperately worried about SQN.)
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
You've got to hand it to them. They woke up one morning & realized that those thick, goopy wines they were lapping up for years were not worth drinking, so WHAM, they turned on their false god and created an insurgency.

It was well done, but has had unfortunate market consequences. (Although they still seem desperately worried about SQN.)
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Actually, I think it was the heavy-handed managing of the eBob message board by Parker and his minions that caused their insurrection and the creation of the Berserkers board. Some were then sufficiently disillusioned to realize that the Emperor had no clothes.

It's an annoyance in some instances (e.g., Zachy's had 2007 Le Mont sec at $20, but sold out quickly), but all to the good in the long run.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
You've got to hand it to them. They woke up one morning & realized that those thick, goopy wines they were lapping up for years were not worth drinking, so WHAM, they turned on their false god and created an insurgency.

It was well done, but has had unfortunate market consequences. (Although they still seem desperately worried about SQN.)
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I think that they were probably coincident trends. Growing dissatisfaction with the "moderation" of Chairman Mao occurred at a time when American consumers were beginning to turn away from big, high alcohol, overoaked wines. (Personally, I credit NZ Sauvignons with catalyzing that movement) Now we are in a position familiar to hipsters since time immemorial: our cool little "secret" is now being embraced by the hoi polloi. O, horrors! O, tragedy! Aux armes, citoyens!

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
What exactly is our cool little secret, by the way?
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If you have to ask, but then you usually do.

For fuck's sake Fitz, you're not a noob anymore.
 
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