A thought on Beaujolais

Hello Joe,
Could you tell me something about about the wine Brun makes called L'Ancien Le Buissy? I don't think I've seen it before this year. I have ordered some to try, but wouldn't mind a little background information. Thanks in advance.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
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originally posted by Levi Dalton:
if you drink a goodly amount of Nebbiolo
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i recently had a bottle of erpacrife sparkly nebbiolo that made me very happy. lots of funk and an acid profile that screamed "drink more of me, and grab some food!"
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Scarzello (who makes that wine) is up to some cool stuff.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:

or I would be selling more Karim Vionnet at the restaurant than I am.
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Having opened, and immensely enjoyed, a bottle of the K-V BV, based on your earlier endorsement of it here, for friends on New Year's Day, with a magnificent picnic shoulder pernil, black-eye peas and sauted collared greens, I will endeavor to change this particular injustice, to the extent I can.
 
Is it the case that all the must-buy-must-drink hoo-hah concerning 2009 Beaujolais has arisen because the wines are fruity-sweet and low in acid? On this bored??
 
Hasn't the disordered excitement been mostly limited to the Coudert CT, with perhaps an honorable mention for Foillard? Not to say others haven't been discussed. The Coudert focus began with Joe D.'s last notes from the region, and he seems like a pretty sober taster. Waiting now for the 2009 Chinon-Bourgeuil hype.

Mostly absent so far from the Grinch-like hand-wringing is Vissoux. Jim?
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
With that in mind it seems to make a lot of sense to me to return in my own drinking habits to 2007s, which are often just hitting their stride
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You owe me a bottle. Opened 07 Desvignes Javernieres last night. Wondering in which decade to drink this, rather than in which year.
 
Desvignes could be the exception that proves the rule, being much sterner, requiring much more time. Maybe that's why I've liked the other Des better.
 
We drank an 07 Desvignes Javernieres last week over several days. Tough, yes, but you could winkle some fruit out of it with attention and patience, especially with the passage of time. My first of what I now hope will be many Desvignes to come.
 
That's too bad. I brought one bottle of the '07 Desvignes out of the cellar to drink. Do you think I should put it back or is it possible to get some enjoyment out of it with a decant?

The rest I'll be sure not to touch.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Desvignes could be the exception that proves the rule, being much sterner, requiring much more time. Maybe that's why I've liked the other Des better.
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Definitely. '07 Descombes VV last week was restorative at the end of a hard day. And just beautiful.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
That's too bad. I brought one bottle of the '07 Desvignes out of the cellar to drink. Do you think I should put it back or is it possible to get some enjoyment out of it with a decant?
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Put it back.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
We drank an 07 Desvignes Javernieres last week over several days. Tough, yes, but you could winkle some fruit out of it with attention and patience, especially with the passage of time. My first of what I now hope will be many Desvignes to come.
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Yes.

Fortunately, four ounces survived in the bottle until today, left on the table.

Incredible. Clay pottery full of deep cherry fruit.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
That's too bad. I brought one bottle of the '07 Desvignes out of the cellar to drink. Do you think I should put it back or is it possible to get some enjoyment out of it with a decant?

The rest I'll be sure not to touch.
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If you have a batch and are interested in the wine's development, with constrained overt pleasure, personally, I'd say to go ahead, but with a long decant (like overnight). The texture alone with lengthy airing is worth the price of admission, IMHO. If you only have a few, you might prefer to hang onto it. YMMV.
 
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