Rivers-Marie question

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Dunno. What is the Rivers-Marie question?
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Anybody care?
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I guess I must care what the question is or I wouldn't have asked. When I know the question, I don't know whether I will care about the answer to it or not.
 
Thomas Rivers Brown used to work at Turley wine cellars and became interested in some of the higher-end pinot vineyards on the Sonoma Coast for this project.
I have never met him nor tried his wines but he is well thought of in Sonoma and his wines are praised by the powers that be.
That is all . . .
Best, Jim
 
I've tried two, from last year, and I would call it a jammy, very ripe style. I have had others, elsewhere, disagree with this and say that they are balanced, yadda, yadda, yadda. My take - fruit bombs.

The chard in particular is highly praised on some boards, but I have seen recent notes that imply a ripe, rich, oak bomb there. I have a bottle of the chard but have not tried it. Should probably just auction as it seems others like it more than I probably will.
 
So this is just a wine the praiseworthiness of which people disagree about? I though maybe it was an aesthetic issue over whether the natural beauty of rivers was superior or inferior to the erotic beauty of Marie and whether either of them was or was not artistic beauty. Ok, if it's just about a whether a wine I didn't even know existed is any good, I don't care. At least now I know I don't care.
 
I never had one, but I've been curious. I bought two of the Summa OV. I suppose if I don't like it the second bottle should be an easy flip.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
So this is just a wine the praiseworthiness of which people disagree about? I though maybe it was an aesthetic issue over whether the natural beauty of rivers was superior or inferior to the erotic beauty of Marie and whether either of them was or was not artistic beauty. Ok, if it's just about a whether a wine I didn't even know existed is any good, I don't care. At least now I know I don't care.
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Jonathan,
The politburo needs to give you a WIWP award.
You are one of a kind.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Michael Powers:
I've tried two, from last year, and I would call it a jammy, very ripe style. I have had others, elsewhere, disagree with this and say that they are balanced, yadda, yadda, yadda. My take - fruit bombs.

The chard in particular is highly praised on some boards, but I have seen recent notes that imply a ripe, rich, oak bomb there. I have a bottle of the chard but have not tried it. Should probably just auction as it seems others like it more than I probably will.
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The recent Asimov column and blog regarding California Chardonnay implies that Rivers-Marie aims for a somewhat more restrained approach.

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originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
So this is just a wine the praiseworthiness of which people disagree about? I though maybe it was an aesthetic issue over whether the natural beauty of rivers was superior or inferior to the erotic beauty of Marie and whether either of them was or was not artistic beauty. Ok, if it's just about a whether a wine I didn't even know existed is any good, I don't care. At least now I know I don't care.
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Jonathan,
The politburo needs to give you a WIWP award.
You are one of a kind.
Best, Jim
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The Covert award.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
So this is just a wine the praiseworthiness of which people disagree about? I though maybe it was an aesthetic issue over whether the natural beauty of rivers was superior or inferior to the erotic beauty of Marie and whether either of them was or was not artistic beauty. Ok, if it's just about a whether a wine I didn't even know existed is any good, I don't care. At least now I know I don't care.
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Jonathan,
The politburo needs to give you a WIWP award.
You are one of a kind.
Best, Jim
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The Covert award.
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Usually I'm criticized for being too overt.
 
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