Jay Miller
Jay Miller
It's too miserable a day to venture out so I'm cleaning my apartment and writing up some long overdue TNs.
2007 Mt. Eden Chardonnay - creamy minerals with lemon. Delicious. Why does anyone bother grow chardonnay anywhere in CA other than Santa Cruz?
2009 Puzelat Pinot Noir - one of the more disappointing bottles of Puzelat I've had. Of course given the usual bottle variation no idea how representative this is. I've liked this a lot in prior years.
1981 Misserey Vosne Romanee - the fruit trails off at the end but its lovely happy stuff on first pour. Later it loses its fruit and displays very some faint possible hints of TCA (there is disagreement at the table) so this might not be a representative bottle
1971 Ratti Barolo Amata - over the hill on first pour it performs the not uncommon Barolo magic trick of getting younger with air. Crushed strawberries and delicately precise acidity.
1998 Bachelet Gevery Chambertin 'Corbeaux' - needs about 20-30 minutes of air to open at which point it displays vibrant dusty cherries. Very happy to have more of this.
NV Prevost La Closerie Beguine - soft and rich and toasty but with an underlying hint of steel and orange peel. I like this a lot and it continues to develop over the course of the night. Not necessarily getting better or worse but displaying different aspects. For me it repayed following over the course of the evening.
2001 Elio Grasso Barolo Runcot Riserva - oaky and modern and not especially pleasant for the first 2 hours it eventually transforms in the decanter into something quite attractive. Very vibrant, intense, sweet cherry fruit.
1998 Travaglino Gattinara Riserva - tight but very nice. I'll steal someone else's descriptor of "cherries buried in dirt".
1985 Il Sodaccio (3L) - soft red fruit with hints of orange peel, gets younger as it breathes, just lovely.
1998 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese - gorgeous honeyed layered fruit. Much more mature than a 1995 I had last summer. In a wonderful place right now.
1972 Il Poggio Monsanti Chianti Classico - corked
Cornelissen Susucaru 2 Vino da Tavola Rosato - thrilling nose, peach, cider, grapefruit, thyme, a wild wine. I've had mixed experiences with Cornelissen but this is definitely one of the good ones. Caveat that while everyone at the table enjoyed it and found it interesting only a few others loved it as much as I did.
2007 Mt. Eden Chardonnay - creamy minerals with lemon. Delicious. Why does anyone bother grow chardonnay anywhere in CA other than Santa Cruz?
2009 Puzelat Pinot Noir - one of the more disappointing bottles of Puzelat I've had. Of course given the usual bottle variation no idea how representative this is. I've liked this a lot in prior years.
1981 Misserey Vosne Romanee - the fruit trails off at the end but its lovely happy stuff on first pour. Later it loses its fruit and displays very some faint possible hints of TCA (there is disagreement at the table) so this might not be a representative bottle
1971 Ratti Barolo Amata - over the hill on first pour it performs the not uncommon Barolo magic trick of getting younger with air. Crushed strawberries and delicately precise acidity.
1998 Bachelet Gevery Chambertin 'Corbeaux' - needs about 20-30 minutes of air to open at which point it displays vibrant dusty cherries. Very happy to have more of this.
NV Prevost La Closerie Beguine - soft and rich and toasty but with an underlying hint of steel and orange peel. I like this a lot and it continues to develop over the course of the night. Not necessarily getting better or worse but displaying different aspects. For me it repayed following over the course of the evening.
2001 Elio Grasso Barolo Runcot Riserva - oaky and modern and not especially pleasant for the first 2 hours it eventually transforms in the decanter into something quite attractive. Very vibrant, intense, sweet cherry fruit.
1998 Travaglino Gattinara Riserva - tight but very nice. I'll steal someone else's descriptor of "cherries buried in dirt".
1985 Il Sodaccio (3L) - soft red fruit with hints of orange peel, gets younger as it breathes, just lovely.
1998 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese - gorgeous honeyed layered fruit. Much more mature than a 1995 I had last summer. In a wonderful place right now.
1972 Il Poggio Monsanti Chianti Classico - corked
Cornelissen Susucaru 2 Vino da Tavola Rosato - thrilling nose, peach, cider, grapefruit, thyme, a wild wine. I've had mixed experiences with Cornelissen but this is definitely one of the good ones. Caveat that while everyone at the table enjoyed it and found it interesting only a few others loved it as much as I did.
