Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
Strangely enough, I passed Federspiel Street in NJ, on my way to Edgewater this morning, and I thought of you.
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2009 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie
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Strangely enough, I passed Federspiel Street in NJ, on my way to Edgewater this morning, and I thought of you.
originally posted by .sasha:
what about brun ancienne ? that's not just wandering into burgundy, that's an outright invasion
This Brun L'Ancien 2008 is damn near the best burgundy pizza wine I've had lately (imbibing it with cheese pizza as I type).
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Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
But they weren't on a mountain side.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
But they weren't on a mountain side.
No kidding.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Strangely enough, I passed Federspiel Street in NJ, on my way to Edgewater this morning, and I thought of you.
Ever see a Knoll rose?
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
But they weren't on a mountain side.
They were looking for a wine shop with wine.
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
originally posted by SFJoe:
Ever see a Knoll rose?
No, sounds like I should try to find one though.
originally posted by SFJoe:
Close, close.originally posted by Cliff:
originally posted by SFJoe:
It's really very good. I would say better than anything comparable out of Sancerre that doesn't have 'Cotat' on the label.
It says "better than anything comparable." It does not say that said wine comes from Sancerre, suggesting SB from somewhere besides Sancerre.
Didn't say SB, did I?
It was an extremely tasty rose of Pinot Noir from Emmerich Knoll, and if I'd ever heard of such a thing existing I'd long ago forgotten it. This was Federspiel (12%, and they don't kid about technical analyses in the Wachau), with delightful acidity and delicious PN character. Tastes like it might age a bit, but my couple of bottles probably won't last out the year. Called Blauer Burgunder on the label, with a Loiben AOC.
Funny to see Knoll's label on a clear bottle.
Ooh, good one. Didn't think of PN.
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could a knoll orange wine be far off ?
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Oh, I see. Given the alternative method of making rose ( by addition of red wine ), we are now going to cheat and make orange wine by adding some of the brown stuff. Cool.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
mine are not on CT.originally posted by VLM:
Thus far, 508 bottles of the Tardive have been purchased on Cellartracker. That's not quite a pallet.
209 bottles of the Roilette.
I would guess that there are at least 200 cases of the CT available for the US and half again more of the Roilette.
Let's not get all worked up.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Me too.
Howard Cooper
Howard Cooper
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
I understand that he's doing quite significant consulting these days, including von Buhl and Weegmller.originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Hans Gunter Schwarz didn't actually retire.
I also read at one point that he did some consulting for Alzinger back in the '90s?
You better shut your fucking mouth. As if Alzinger needs any help from that Schwarz cretin.
Asshole.
Wasn't Alzinger the US Ryder Cup captain in 2008?
Howard Cooper
Howard Cooper
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Bassins has been slow to embrace Beaujolais: one of the staff started stocking them a while ago, but he moved on and the other sellers didn't seem to take the remaining inventory very seriously. Maybe the 09 hype will bring them around. Arrowine seems like a place that might carry it. Charlottesville retailers had some of the 05 and 06 regular bottlings, but I don't know about the CT.
DC is not a great Beaujolais market. Arrowine usually has a small but decent selection of Beaujolais. Does not seem to be one of their priorities. If it were, I would be getting superduper e-mails about the wines where I could get them for a case price of $15.99 or a bottle price of $59.99. Bassins sometimes surprises you with their Beaujolais selection, but you have to go into the store to see it - it is such a low priority that Beaujolais is not even listed on their website. The only store that seems to give Beaujolais any attention is Weygandt's store, which has a lot of Vissoux, and has had bottles of 2008s open on a Saturday for tasting, etc. I am not sure whether they have the 09s yet.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Weygandt's has most or all of the Vissoux 09s now; their prices tend to be a dollar or two more than, say, NY retail, but they discount 15% with whole-case purchases, and they're nice on the phone.
The D.C. stores, of course, wrestle with limited resources and will follow demand, rather than lead it. After 09, Beaujolais may get more floor space and brain space there. Or not.
The D.C. stores, of course, wrestle with limited resources and will follow demand, rather than lead it. After 09, Beaujolais may get more floor space and brain space there. Or not.
Howard Cooper
Howard Cooper
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Weygandt's has most or all of the Vissoux 09s now;
Thanks Ian.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
BTW, further to the 09 Beaujolais panic theme, the rep I spoke to there said customers who'd never bought these wines by the bottle before are now buying them by the case. Personally, I can't keep up, so I'll have to fall back on Sharon's advice. Just as well.
Steven Spielmann
Steven Spielmann
I was panicked until I realized that there are other areas I care about too and I can only drink so much. Sangiovese and Pinot Noir have as much claim on my heart as Gamay, just for starters.