TN: Working Man's Wine

Interesting notes.

I've never been able to deal with the 2003 Christoffels. I suspect my distatse is 50% the wines and 50% the whole gray market bs that happened.

I wonder where 2002 Bordeaux would have stacked up if the vintage had happened in the '70s. Post 2000 it is regarded as an "off" vintage by the pointed, but it's pretty much the last time I have tasted wines that really seemed to reseble Bordeaux. Even 2004 Medoc (another "off" vintage) has an over the Gironde richness.
 
David: you probably have more refined Riesling sensibilities than I do, seriously. What's the 03 gray market back story? His 02s were blown out at similarly low prices at PC.

The Duhart was very good. The 02 Leoville Poyferre has been stellar. Maybe the wines of this B'x vintage are too acidic for the hedonists, but I'm pretty happy now. I have some Leo. Barton, Lagrange and H. Bailly I haven't tried yet. Last year I bought B'x.

Theresa: Drinking young CRB Gamay I encounter a sensation that makes me imagine licking a piece of granite. It's interesting, but not flavorful. This experience is what I mean when I call the wine 'rebarbative.' When the Gamay has more age, or with sufficient air time, some chemical reaction burns through it, and the wine suddenly yields deep, delicious flavors.
 
1995 Chateau de la Genaiserie Coteaux du Layon Chaume

Great sweet Chenin, imbibed over four days from a 500 ml (since my wife no longer drinks sweet wine). Superb balance from day one on, improved through day three. Great wine. More than $25.
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Genaiserie makes some marvelous wines. The 07 St-Aubin-de-Luigne les Simonelles was one of the best wines I tasted in 2010. Even their "plain" 08 Layon was awfully good.
 
The title is a modest hommage to Joe D., whom I recall writing somewhere something about "Who will bring in wines affordable to the working man," or similar. (The GD allusion is coincidental).

Several importers bring great wines into the U.S., but it's part of Joe's particular skill to bring in great wines in the $10-$30 range. Who else does this? We enjoy and appreciate fine wine in our home to a much greater extent than we otherwise would, because of his relentless focus.
 
Lots of things from Hiedler (2008 Weissburgunder Maximum springs to mind right now as something I really like-though I am not finding it on Wine Searcher right now, it cost me about $20) are under/well under $30. Depending on where you shop, the Schloss Gobelsburg Gruner Veltliner Steinsetz is under $25. Of course the liter bottlings from Berger/Hofer/etc, and also the entry level Rieslings/Gruners from most of his portfolio are very affordable.
 
Nice to see the note on the Genaiserie. You just don't see the old ones around anymore. Actually, I don't see much of any new ones, either.
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Nice to see the note on the Genaiserie. You just don't see the old ones around anymore. Actually, I don't see much of any new ones, either.
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I met the owner at a Sopexa-sponsored tasting last year. At least on the west coast, maybe everywhere, he was looking for distribution.
 
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