Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
TN: Various drinking (late Jan/early Feb 2011)
Brief notes on:
...Tastes of a few Bordeaux from Kermit Lynch on a Saturday afternoon at Chambers:
Lasalle NV Champagne "Cachet d'Or" - no depth, just tart and not much else going on ...no
Bellevue 2007 Lussac Saint-Emilion "Les Griottes" - all merlot, raised in steel, this is pure and crisp and cherry niceness ...yes
Tour Bayard 2007 Montagne-Saint-Emilion - 20% cab franc and boy does it stand out, a little aggressive ...maybe
Bellevue 1999 Lussac Saint-Emilion - brothy taste, very soft ...no
Bellevue 2000 Lussac Saint-Emilion - balanced, yum, shocking comparison the previous wine ...yes
Belles-Graves 2005 Lalande de Pomerol - texture seems very dense and firm compared to the last wines, pretty fruit ...maybe
Grand Bos 2002 Graves - a whiff of brett in this, I'm leery ...maybe
Aney 1996 Haut-Medoc - the property is half in Graves and half in Haut-Medoc, rather lightweight, OK I guess ...maybe
...A little more time spent with these wines in the cellar:
Bossard 2004 Muscadet "Expression de Granit" - nice but not for me, seemed a little goopy and lacking in verve, Jay liked this a lot more than I did
Bize 2008 Savigny-Les-Beaunes Blancs - warm-fruited but not too badly, one Stockist picks up some oak while another calls it "California style", but it's actually pretty drinkable
Bachelet 2000 Gevrey-Chambertin - not as tough to like as the bottle of "Combes Aux Moines" Jay opened a couple weeks ago but this has some of the same qualities: animal, dark cherries, fine but definite tannins; I like this, it might even be worth the $60ish
Tue-Boeuf 2007 Vdt "Rouillon" - yes, the one mislabelled Cheverney AOC "Frileuse"; decided to pop the last one to see whether/how it has changed; it hasn't changed much: it's a tad sour but it's still gulpable and charming and light and would be better with food than by itself
...With dinner:
St. Urbans-Hof 2009 Bockstein Ockfen Riesling Spatlese - 3 529 290 48 10, not life-changing but young, flowery, wet, a touch sweet, very serviceable
Produttori di Barbaresco 2006 Barbaresco - turned in its usual very good performance, I must have drunk a case of these already
...Over the course of several nights at home:
Pegau 1995 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvee Laurence" - stern, old wood, no fruit, scalped?; 2 hours later, showing signs of life; Day 2: still a slight haunting of something chlorine-y but showing a little more plummy fruit, less tough; Day 3: coming around even more; Day 4: still not an exciting wine but good against a stew of sausage, olive and mushroom
Brief notes on:
...Tastes of a few Bordeaux from Kermit Lynch on a Saturday afternoon at Chambers:
Lasalle NV Champagne "Cachet d'Or" - no depth, just tart and not much else going on ...no
Bellevue 2007 Lussac Saint-Emilion "Les Griottes" - all merlot, raised in steel, this is pure and crisp and cherry niceness ...yes
Tour Bayard 2007 Montagne-Saint-Emilion - 20% cab franc and boy does it stand out, a little aggressive ...maybe
Bellevue 1999 Lussac Saint-Emilion - brothy taste, very soft ...no
Bellevue 2000 Lussac Saint-Emilion - balanced, yum, shocking comparison the previous wine ...yes
Belles-Graves 2005 Lalande de Pomerol - texture seems very dense and firm compared to the last wines, pretty fruit ...maybe
Grand Bos 2002 Graves - a whiff of brett in this, I'm leery ...maybe
Aney 1996 Haut-Medoc - the property is half in Graves and half in Haut-Medoc, rather lightweight, OK I guess ...maybe
...A little more time spent with these wines in the cellar:
Bossard 2004 Muscadet "Expression de Granit" - nice but not for me, seemed a little goopy and lacking in verve, Jay liked this a lot more than I did
Bize 2008 Savigny-Les-Beaunes Blancs - warm-fruited but not too badly, one Stockist picks up some oak while another calls it "California style", but it's actually pretty drinkable
Bachelet 2000 Gevrey-Chambertin - not as tough to like as the bottle of "Combes Aux Moines" Jay opened a couple weeks ago but this has some of the same qualities: animal, dark cherries, fine but definite tannins; I like this, it might even be worth the $60ish
Tue-Boeuf 2007 Vdt "Rouillon" - yes, the one mislabelled Cheverney AOC "Frileuse"; decided to pop the last one to see whether/how it has changed; it hasn't changed much: it's a tad sour but it's still gulpable and charming and light and would be better with food than by itself
...With dinner:
St. Urbans-Hof 2009 Bockstein Ockfen Riesling Spatlese - 3 529 290 48 10, not life-changing but young, flowery, wet, a touch sweet, very serviceable
Produttori di Barbaresco 2006 Barbaresco - turned in its usual very good performance, I must have drunk a case of these already
...Over the course of several nights at home:
Pegau 1995 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvee Laurence" - stern, old wood, no fruit, scalped?; 2 hours later, showing signs of life; Day 2: still a slight haunting of something chlorine-y but showing a little more plummy fruit, less tough; Day 3: coming around even more; Day 4: still not an exciting wine but good against a stew of sausage, olive and mushroom