Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
05 Vissoux Fleurie Garant
Out of the bottle, a hypnotically gorgeous deep violet-red. Muted red and dark fruit on the nose. Sweet, rich fruit, ample padding, upholstering a crystal-clear mineral base. Is it correct to ascribe the luscious, viscous feel of a wine to extract? If it is, this is a highly extracted wine, but the quality and size of its other elements are properly in balance. Compared to the Poncie, I would say the fruit is somewhat less voluptous, and the mineral support clearer - Fleurie leaning towards Apollo, where Poncie leans towards Dionysus. This bottle was a pleasure, but I don't see any reason to open my others for another two years or so, at least.
02 Loosen Erdener Praelat AL
Brown sugar on the nose, mellow sweetness supported by substance and a sense of mineral-acid reserve. Drinking very pleasantly now, but conveys a sense of padding similar to that in the Garant, which I imagine will ebb with time to release some now-absent Riesling zing. My bottles of this wine traveled a long distance in hot weather five or six years ago, so they are probably not a good proxy for the general population.
By the way, has anyone sampled the 09 Vissoux wines yet? I'm curious about the rumors of style change.
Out of the bottle, a hypnotically gorgeous deep violet-red. Muted red and dark fruit on the nose. Sweet, rich fruit, ample padding, upholstering a crystal-clear mineral base. Is it correct to ascribe the luscious, viscous feel of a wine to extract? If it is, this is a highly extracted wine, but the quality and size of its other elements are properly in balance. Compared to the Poncie, I would say the fruit is somewhat less voluptous, and the mineral support clearer - Fleurie leaning towards Apollo, where Poncie leans towards Dionysus. This bottle was a pleasure, but I don't see any reason to open my others for another two years or so, at least.
02 Loosen Erdener Praelat AL
Brown sugar on the nose, mellow sweetness supported by substance and a sense of mineral-acid reserve. Drinking very pleasantly now, but conveys a sense of padding similar to that in the Garant, which I imagine will ebb with time to release some now-absent Riesling zing. My bottles of this wine traveled a long distance in hot weather five or six years ago, so they are probably not a good proxy for the general population.
By the way, has anyone sampled the 09 Vissoux wines yet? I'm curious about the rumors of style change.