Morgon, Halloween Edition

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Saul Mutchnick

Saul Mutchnick
or Morgon in costumes.

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to drink a few glasses of the newly arrived 2009 Terres Dores Morgon at a friend's house and was stunned by the results. The wine reminded me uncannily of a particular (young) bottle of Dujac Chambolle that I had a month or so ago--especially the bouquet and the texture. The wine had a ton of fruit to it with a beautiful texture that had just the right amount of tannin.

Fast forward four days to a second bottle--bought from the same case, mind you, which was surly and fairly backward. The fruit, when it felt like showing itself, was much darker and the nose more floral. The biggest thing, though, was the fact that even with an hour or so in the decanter the wine refused to budge. The next day the wine seemed to show the promise that was prominently on display several days earlier, but still remained fairly tannin and unforgiving.

I'm gonna attempt to do some more research this week, but the Cote de Brouilly from Brun seemed to be pretty consistent. My big question, though, is which version of this wine seems more authentic? Was my second bottle mildly TCA tainted (I'm generally very sensitive to it, but I'll give the bottle the benefit of the doubt). Is it possible that the first wine was travel-shocked into a more advanced state?
 
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Saul,

I drank a bottle over three days, a month ago.
It showed both black and red fruit, sometimes borderline plummy, staying very fresh and structured throughout the entire time period.
It's a fairly eventful wine, so the fact that two bottles did not come across as identical less than a year after bottling does not really surprise me.

Neither am I too concerned that Cote de Brouilly, which has shown consistently for you, has not done so for me; the last bottle was a little too sappy.

.sasha
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Thor:
Oh, God.
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He's sounding a little jittery, Thor.
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Jitteriness is apparently easily cured. All you need is a green Sharpie.

Morgon addiction is another matter entirely. I'm drinking a 2000 Chateau de Raousset Morgon tonight and while it's not going to magically turn into Chambolle-Musigny, it's a smooth, fully-evolved Morgon. Okay, there's a little bit of sous bois lurking underneath the strawberries, but they're mellow strawberries and not overly forested sous bois, kind of mellow and aging but reminding of when I started receiving AARP introductory offers when I was about 40 but wasn't quite old enough to qualify for the actual discounts. The wine probably has a couple of more years of graceful drinking left, but I wouldn't push it (likewise with me).

A bottle of Bouland 2009 Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes a few weeks ago was much more forward, although it showed some restraint for the first hour or so after opening. It seemed really rich and leaned toward raspberries more than strawberries but I wasn't complaining. It went well with grilled octopus and Jidori chicken (two separate dishes). It's really enjoyable now, but I'm sticking some in the locker for a couple of years while I drink other stuff. I think patience will be rewarded by this wine.

When I attended the Wine Blogger's Conference (don't ask) a couple of months ago I met Anne-Victoire of Miss Vicky Wine. Her family has owned the Les Moriers vineyard in Fleurie for like 150 years and she's making her own wine to sell to Gen Y slackers and Gen X-ers who want to hit on Gen Y types. I tasted the 07 in Walla Walla and thought it was pretty good. She figured out some way to sell it in the US and a couple of weeks ago I thought that I was ordering the 2009 Miss Vicky Fleurie but it turns out that it hasn't been released yet and I wound up with the 2007. It's still pretty good. with nice elegant fruitiness and a nice back end. Still some room for maturity, it's worth the $20 or so, particularly given its drinkability now and that it might serve as something to serve instead of the 09s, which you might want to let sit for a little while.
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I'm thinking that the label could probably use some work, but I'm not exactly Gen Y (I'm mor Generation Age of Steam) so I'll not criticize the graphics. Okay juice though.

-Eden (crashed an open house of an $18 million "weekend getaway retreat" down the street from my condo. I am trying to decide whether I should move there or maybe just stay here and buy 720.000 bottles of 2009 Bouland Morgon instead)
 
originally posted by Saul Mutchnick:
Morgon, Halloween Editionor Morgon in costumes.

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to drink a few glasses of the newly arrived 2009 Terres Dores Morgon at a friend's house and was stunned by the results. The wine reminded me uncannily of a particular (young) bottle of Dujac Chambolle that I had a month or so ago--especially the bouquet and the texture. The wine had a ton of fruit to it with a beautiful texture that had just the right amount of tannin.

Fast forward four days to a second bottle--bought from the same case, mind you, which was surly and fairly backward. The fruit, when it felt like showing itself, was much darker and the nose more floral. The biggest thing, though, was the fact that even with an hour or so in the decanter the wine refused to budge. The next day the wine seemed to show the promise that was prominently on display several days earlier, but still remained fairly tannin and unforgiving.
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Saul-

I had a very similar experience with the Brun '09 Cote de Brouilly and went so far as to open a three bottles within a very short time to see if I was imagining something. The first bottle was surreally good, a second bottle was very different, and the third made me suspected shipping-shock, bottle-shock, travel-shock, after-shock, or something-else-shockesque, and I ended up deciding just to wait a month or two before trying another bottle.
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:

-Eden (crashed an open house of an $18 million "weekend getaway retreat" down the street from my condo. I am trying to decide whether I should move there or maybe just stay here and buy 720.000 bottles of 2009 Bouland Morgon instead)
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Eden, are you sure you are giving yourself credit for the 10% discount in this bottle calculation?
 
When I attended the Wine Blogger's Conference (don't ask) a couple of months ago I met Anne-Victoire of Miss Vicky Wine. Her family has owned the Les Moriers vineyard in Fleurie for like 150 years and she's making her own wine to sell to Gen Y slackers and Gen X-ers who want to hit on Gen Y types.
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Cougar wine.
 
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