Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Attendees: Salil, Ramon, Jay, Jeff.
Fried chicken. Beef short ribs. Sure, there are other things on the menu but hell.
And another thing: Was Friday some kind of a root day? All the wines showed just excessively splendidly:
Donnhoff 2002 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese - 77530100803, ever so slightly mellower than it has been before; very long; gorgeous; I can't even call out the whole fruit basket; my tongue tingles delightfully; I can't believe the conversation at the table about how this wine could improve!
Jobard 2001 Meursault 1er Blagny - no pox; I drink chard so infrequently that this feels really oily to me; grapey-apricotty flavor; stiff structure, needs food; others like it better than I do
Breton 1985 Bourgeuil "Les Perrieres" - at first, slightly musty, pretty cab fruit with a hint of eucalyptus or mint, mid-weight, mild tobacco, mild bell pepper, a bit disjointed; with about 2 hours, the wine pulls itself together: red currants come forward and the nose becomes fragrant and forward
Burguet 1998 Gevrey-Chambertin VV - rustic and earthy, lots of pinot fruit, a whiff of shoe polish or even a kiss of brett
Muller-Catoir 2008 Haardter Herzog Rieslaner Spatlese - 51740792009, it says 'spatlese' but it's certainly auslese sweetness and maybe more; a bit low acid but pretty white peach
Geantet-Pansiot 1996 Charmes-Chambertin GC - wow, so powerful, so young, so very Gevrey: masculine, glistening fruits buried in earth and brandy; two days later, the rest of the bottle is still drinking well (if a tad less edgy)
Jamet 1998 Cote-Rotie - wow, bacon and plum and fig, still good grip, did I say wow yet?; with more air the floral element just keeps expanding
Fried chicken. Beef short ribs. Sure, there are other things on the menu but hell.
And another thing: Was Friday some kind of a root day? All the wines showed just excessively splendidly:
Donnhoff 2002 Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese - 77530100803, ever so slightly mellower than it has been before; very long; gorgeous; I can't even call out the whole fruit basket; my tongue tingles delightfully; I can't believe the conversation at the table about how this wine could improve!
Jobard 2001 Meursault 1er Blagny - no pox; I drink chard so infrequently that this feels really oily to me; grapey-apricotty flavor; stiff structure, needs food; others like it better than I do
Breton 1985 Bourgeuil "Les Perrieres" - at first, slightly musty, pretty cab fruit with a hint of eucalyptus or mint, mid-weight, mild tobacco, mild bell pepper, a bit disjointed; with about 2 hours, the wine pulls itself together: red currants come forward and the nose becomes fragrant and forward
Burguet 1998 Gevrey-Chambertin VV - rustic and earthy, lots of pinot fruit, a whiff of shoe polish or even a kiss of brett
Muller-Catoir 2008 Haardter Herzog Rieslaner Spatlese - 51740792009, it says 'spatlese' but it's certainly auslese sweetness and maybe more; a bit low acid but pretty white peach
Geantet-Pansiot 1996 Charmes-Chambertin GC - wow, so powerful, so young, so very Gevrey: masculine, glistening fruits buried in earth and brandy; two days later, the rest of the bottle is still drinking well (if a tad less edgy)
Jamet 1998 Cote-Rotie - wow, bacon and plum and fig, still good grip, did I say wow yet?; with more air the floral element just keeps expanding