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Florida Jim

Florida Jim
The “birthday boys” (four guys who gather on or near our respective birthdays and treat the fellow turning older) gathered Sunday night at Santé, in the Sonoma Mission Inn for some Michelin one star food and a few bottles brought from our cellars.

The food and service were outstanding, the room was lovely and the wines were, at least, tolerable:

N/V Cedric Bouchard, Champagne La Parcelle:
As good a bubbly as I have ever had; very tiny bubbles but plenty of them, incredible depth to the flavors and nose and a fine finish. The wine of the night for me and a true ‘life list’ bottle. Stunning!

2007 Three Sticks, Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast:
This carried its 14.7% alcohol better than I expected and while I thought the new wood intruded, it was still a fine-grained, aromatic pinot. Appealing and stood well with the food.

2006 Martinelli, Pinot Noir Zio Tony Ranch:
15.6% alcohol; raisin smells and flavors, huge VA, intrusive wood and alcohol; not my cup of vino.

2006 Chat. Beaucastel, CdP:
Closed, no brett and very little nose or palate as yet; needs considerable time and to be served when there is no 800 pound gorilla in the room. Nice, nonetheless and good accompaniment to saddle of venison.

Best, Jim
 
Glad to hear that the '06 Beaucastel has potential. I have a couple in the 'rents basement and I'll be sure to let them slumber longer.
 
La Parcelle strikes again. You may become the second person ever to tempt me into splashing out this kind of money for a bottle. Was this the blanc de noirs?
 
La Parcelle is all vintage wine.

"This wine was not made by Bouchard himself, but rather by a family friend whose vineyard was purchased by Bouchard in 2007. Along with the vineyards, Bouchard purchased the old stock of wines and has been releasing them under the Inflorescence label—the first two vintages, 1999 and 2000, were released exclusively in Japan, while the 2,000 bottles of [the] 2001 were sent to Japan, the United States and Scandinavia." (Source: Peter Liem, ChampagneGuide.net)

Peter also reviewed the 2002 in late 2009, so I suspect 2003 must have hit the US market by now. Maybe 2004.

ETA: Per Wine Searcher, Chambers St. currently has 2003 La Parcelle.
 
Sharon,
I have been told that my bottle was all 2002, although I was also told it may be all 2001. In any event, it is labeled N/V. I have actually seen the 2002 vintage wine (so labeled) for sale. I have not seen a 2001 labeled wine for sale.
My information is that this bottling spent 80 months on the lees and was only bottled after Cedric purchased the vineyard and stocks.
At last look, Rare Wine Co. in Sonoma still carried this bottling.
Best, Jim
 
I think we hashed some of this out the first time Jim posted on this wine - I should have reviewed that thread before asking my question.

Salil has a couple of notes on this wine in CT, FWIW; Brad Baker, self-styled Champagne Warrior, comes out at a rather different place on it than Jim does.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Florida Jim:
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At last look, Rare Wine Co. in Sonoma still carried this bottling.
Best, Jim
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Non plus.
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FWIW, if you just checked their website, that may not be enough.
Call them.
When they get low in stock on an item it may not appear on the site.
Best, Jim
 
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