A 1983 Cornas was a treat; a GruVe wasn't as groovy

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SteveTimko

Steve Timko
Wines with Linda and Bennett, a lurker on Wine Disorder.

2006 Bernhard Ott Grner Veltliner Fass 4 - Austria, Niedersterreich, Donauland (10/29/2010)
This was showing okay but it wasn't as impressive as the bottle I had a few years ago. I don't know if it's fading or just shut down. Or maybe an off bottle.
The most obvious absence were the peaches that showed in 2008. This was more about citrus. Nice acidity. Kind of big but not over the top. Decent finish. I've got one bottle left and I hope it's closer to the one I had in 2008. This is a Valley View Wines/Age of Riesling import.
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1983 Nol Verset Cornas - France, Rhne, Northern Rhne, Cornas (10/29/2010)
Some brett, but still an awesome bottle of wine. Great Old World Syrah. On the nose, some smoke, lots of bacon fat. On the palate,white pepper sour cherry and other tart red fruit. Excellent mid palate and great finish. Very elegant. Still quite masculine. The 1982 Clape Cornas had a feminine sheen to it but none of that here. The wine is still going strong and I'd say it has at least five more years left. Cornas rocks. A Kermit Lynch/Chalone import.
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My question as well.

Stunning wine, I owe my one experience with it to the generosity of Lou and B-L.
 
I don't know why that's there. Part of the reason I listed it was to get feedback from others. Bennett didn't know, either. He bought a mixed case of Verset and Clape directly from Kermit Lynch. I'm guessing they were about $10 a bottle.
 
Found some info on the Chalone/KLWM connection here.

I particularly liked these two paragraphs:

Entering the 1990's, the American wine industry barely resembles the aggressive, robust undertaking it was 15 years ago. Then, wine was new and exciting and its future seemed unlimited. Sales were doubling every couple of years.

Today, it's a different story. The wagons are drawn in a circle; sales are flat or down, and the industry fends off attacks, one day by health advocates, the next by opponents of drunken driving, and then by legislators intent on new tax revenue. No wonder wineries are closing their doors, merging, selling out.

-Eden (being in California, I've seen a lot of these Chalone-banded Kermit bottles over the years. No noticeable qualitative differences between these and other KLWM bottles sans Chalone distribution)
 
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