I really enjoyed Asimov's Aube piece
- Thread starter Levi Dalton
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Florida Jim
Florida Jim
Yes, nicely done.
Best, Jim
Best, Jim
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis
The editors of the Times seem to agree as well. Although I always look for his articles on Wednesdays, it is not all that often that one is the top story in the dining section with pictures filling up the entire above-the-fold portion of the front page of the section.
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
I had not realized this aspect, as I read the digital scribles.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis
For better or worse, I am one of the few remaining people trying to keep the print newspaper industry alive by subscribing to the hard copy version of the Times. The first section of the Times I read on Wednesdays is Dining and I thought the decision to run with Asimov's article as the feature this week was a great one.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
+1. How does one plow by hand?
Apropos Chablis vs. Champagne soil, I recall reading Tom Stevenson suggesting that Chablis could be the source of world-class fizz.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
You are the horse.
Cory Cartwright
Cory Cartwright
Excellent article. I enjoyed the one bottle of Marie Courtin I've had, but I remember it being pricey.
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
We do this in our garden here, sort of. It involves pitchforks, shovels and pick-axes when the ground is dry and hard. Then rakes for after the stuff is planted to keep turning over the earth. I don't recommend it. It gets in the way of reading novels and drinking wine.
Nathan Odem
Nathan Odem
Jean Velut is a new name to me. Does anyone have experience?
lars makie
lars makie
Levi might be able to say a few things. He poured me a glass of the cuvee speciale at Alto once. Wish I could recall particulars, but it was good enough to keep the name in my head.
Jake Parrott
Jake Parrott
Not as ethereal as some of the ones mentioned in the article, but local (to DC) importer Ed Addiss (Wine Traditions) brings in R. Dumont from the Aube. And it's lovely, and more affordable than Lassaigne.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Yeah, I saw Clint Eastwood's character doing this in Unforgiven, but my brain staggers in the attempt to mash this image together with the one of Cedric Bouchard sitting half-lotus on a barrique.
There's footage in Jancis Robinson's old tv series of Hanri Jayer digging a furrow with a tree branch, somewhat in the spirit of what Jonathan describes, but an impressive amount of labor would go into applying this technique on the scale needed to grow grapes for 30,000 bottles.
Why wouldn't a horse be natural enough? Well, the wine's impressive, anyway.
SteveTimko
Steve Timko
Any opinions on Fleury? That seems to be available to me.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
I agree with Slaton. I find the wines strangely characterless. And like a couple of other growers who fall into the trap, the non-dosés always seem too harsh and the dosés too sweet.
SteveTimko
Steve Timko
Well crap, if both Slaton and Sharon agree that pretty much kills the deal for me. K&L has Philippe Gonet "3210" Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs. Any thoughts on that wine? It might be too dry for me.