2007 Domaine de Fauterie St. Joseph Les Combaud
Fun and juicy and definitely goes well with dinner but never showed much distinction (even for a St. Joseph). Not sure if that is the stage or the wine?
2009 Gonon St. Joseph Rouge
This shows a bit more distinction than the 07 Fauterie but the main attraction is that it is so damned easy to drink and keep drinking and keep drinking. Gulpable with all the fruit framed by nice acids and respectable tannins with just enough top notes to hint at ‘complexity’. Everything is in fine proportion, crunchy, chewy, juicy, and drinkable. I’ve never had an aged Gonon so I don’t know what they turn into but this seems to be very comfortable in its present state.
2009 Texier St. Julien en St. Alban
This on the other hand is pulsing to tell you about its future. Some have been more forward than others they all retain enough mystery to make you wonder about the future. I’ve had a few bottles from the first and second bottling but not sure I could really identify palate differences between the two. If pressed the second bottling seemed ‘fresher’, deeper, and less structured, but that could also be the power of suggestion. Regardless, this is a fine mouthful of wine right now but I hope to see it in a few years.
2007 Texier Brézème Pergaud VV
I was curious about this, despite the fact that the last bottle from a few months ago seemed to be shutting down. There was still enough fruit to keep it pleasing all the corners of my mouth and enough delicate flavors to dance around the palate in the process. The acid structure certainly wasn’t overdominant for my palate, but I can imagine this still has places to go that most of us will like. That said, I liked very much to have a glass of this in one hand and pizza with maitake, red pepper, tomato sauce, Ossau-Iraty and marjoram in the other.
Fun and juicy and definitely goes well with dinner but never showed much distinction (even for a St. Joseph). Not sure if that is the stage or the wine?
2009 Gonon St. Joseph Rouge
This shows a bit more distinction than the 07 Fauterie but the main attraction is that it is so damned easy to drink and keep drinking and keep drinking. Gulpable with all the fruit framed by nice acids and respectable tannins with just enough top notes to hint at ‘complexity’. Everything is in fine proportion, crunchy, chewy, juicy, and drinkable. I’ve never had an aged Gonon so I don’t know what they turn into but this seems to be very comfortable in its present state.
2009 Texier St. Julien en St. Alban
This on the other hand is pulsing to tell you about its future. Some have been more forward than others they all retain enough mystery to make you wonder about the future. I’ve had a few bottles from the first and second bottling but not sure I could really identify palate differences between the two. If pressed the second bottling seemed ‘fresher’, deeper, and less structured, but that could also be the power of suggestion. Regardless, this is a fine mouthful of wine right now but I hope to see it in a few years.
2007 Texier Brézème Pergaud VV
I was curious about this, despite the fact that the last bottle from a few months ago seemed to be shutting down. There was still enough fruit to keep it pleasing all the corners of my mouth and enough delicate flavors to dance around the palate in the process. The acid structure certainly wasn’t overdominant for my palate, but I can imagine this still has places to go that most of us will like. That said, I liked very much to have a glass of this in one hand and pizza with maitake, red pepper, tomato sauce, Ossau-Iraty and marjoram in the other.