Spacecadets at Chambers

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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
Chambers had a Jo Landron tasting yesterday. It started with the wine I liked best, always a problem because then the rest seem to go downhill, even if from a high peak. SFJoe and the Monkey were present, and won’t let me lie. Country Joe and the Fish weren’t, so they won’t care what I say.

2009 Louvetrie Muscadet Amphibolite Nature
Lemon, apple cider, mineral. Lovely texture and satisfying weight. Superb. Cowabunga muscadet.

2010 Louvetrie Muscadet Amphibolite Nature
More subdued nose, with anis, white flowers and a waxy chablisienne note. Less attractive mouthfeel and a slightly too bitter finish. The terrible 2s here are off to an early start.

2010 Louvetrie Muscadet Domaine
Very aromatic, with a strong lemon note. Nice structure, but, again, the finish is too bitter. A 2010 pattern or a function of youth? Very acid requires no assist from very bitter.

2009 Louvetrie Muscadet Hermine d’Or
Lovely, my second favorite, similar to the Amphibolite, though I prefer the latter.

2009 Louvetrie Muscadet Le Fief du Breil
Subdued nose, lovely minerality, better balance than the 2010s.

2008 Louvetrie Muscadet Le Fief du Breil
Strange cheesy note, pitched in Hollywood as a cross between cream cheese and sour cream. Might pair well with goat cheese. Allright, I didn’t like this so much. Is it ambiguous to call a muscadet a lemon?
 
Thanks, Oswaldo; it's nice to see your take on these wines after reading David L's. You, Joe, and Nathan at CSW - perfect trifecta.
 
I drank a bottle of the 09 Amphibolite Nature recently.
Very enjoyable, mostly lemon and mineral on opening.
On day two it developed more anise and sour apple flavor.
My bottle had a plastic cork.

I have a bottle of the 08 Fief du Breil.
Your note doesn't sound too promising.
With all that cheese maybe I should make a noodle kugel to drink it with.
 
Yes, sorry to hear about the '10s. Hopefully they will get better with time.

A friend was pouring the 09 Amphibolite for his son's bris this past week. It was delightful and almost made me forget what else was going on in the room.
 
Oswaldo,

I liked the '10s better than you did. Definitely more acidic than the '09s, seemed fairly classic to me.

Landron is a lovely guy.
 
more importantly, are these wines are easy coast or west coast oysters?

I care about little else these days.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:

A friend was pouring the 09 Amphibolite for his son's bris this past week. It was delightful and almost made me forget what else was going on in the room.
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Given that description, I hope that the Mohel abstained.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Yes, sorry to hear about the '10s. Hopefully they will get better with time.

A friend was pouring the 09 Amphibolite for his son's bris this past week. It was delightful and almost made me forget what else was going on in the room.
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Is this the wine the Rabbi dipped the cloth in that the honoree gets to suck on before the main event?
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Yes, sorry to hear about the '10s. Hopefully they will get better with time.

A friend was pouring the 09 Amphibolite for his son's bris this past week. It was delightful and almost made me forget what else was going on in the room.
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Is this the wine the Rabbi dipped the cloth in that the honoree gets to suck on before the main event?
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I've never heard of such a tradition. But then again I'm not an archive of the various bris permutations.
 
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