originally posted by robert ames:
tribut?
yes
96 Gimonnet
96 Tribut Beauroy Chablis
02 Chidaine Montlouis Clos du Breuil
02 Chidaine Vouvray Le Bouchet
02 Chandon de Briailles Ille de Vergelesses blanc
08 Huet Vouvray Le Mont demisec
09 C Thevenet Regnie grain + granite
93 Roumier Chambolle
08 Fourrier Gevrey vv
98 Allemand Cornas Chaillot
01 Clos Roche Blanche Cuvee Cot
06 Jamet Cote Rotie
99 Sella Lessona Omaggio a Quintino
2000 Ghemme ? Producer
06 Wind Gap Syrah
95 Huet Cuvee Constance
Equipo Navazos La Bota de Fino
92 Jadot Beaujolais
Gimonnet was quite beautiful, with air it opened and had a ginger note.
Tribut had some sulfur or other off note on opening, but underneath was a old school animal(chicken broth) Chablis, wonderful, and very charismatic.
At first the Chidaine Vouvray was more expressive of the two, and had a nice sour lime note to balance the sugar. The drier Montlouis was more reserved, but with air maybe a notch finer then the Vouvray. Both were very nice.
The Vergelesses blanc was elegant and a bit austere at first. Where the Chablis was chicken stock this had a fish stock base note.
08 Le Mont was terrific, such balance. Great with the moules.
Charly Thevenet Regnie had a very ripe fruity nose, typical of the vintage, but depth and structure in the mouth. Maybe even a stemmy flavor. Needs time, but very nice.
93 Roumier had something lurking that didn't seem quite right, a subtle corkiness or bottle funk. Even with the minor distraction it was a grand bottle.
08 Fourrier caused some debate between Jeff and Jay. Jeff was going on about Orville Redenbacher and diacetyl and Jay said pah to that. I liked this, especially with about an hour of air, several layers of complexity show up. BJ thought there was some new oak sticking out.
98 Allemand was a little tight, but perfectly fine. A crowd fav, the bottle disappeared in a flash.
01 Clos Roche Blanche Cot was pure and showed the CRB terroir very well. Black fruit, black pepper, resolving tannins. Highly enjoyable.
06 Jamet CR was pretty slick with new oak. Just way too young to get a read on.
99 Sella Omaggio was very good. Quite ripe nose, beautiful tannin and acidity.
Dark sour pie cherry and rose petals. Very young, will improve I think with age.
the 2000 Ghemme was also drinking very well, I didn't catch the producer.
06 Wind Gap Syrah was nice, like a warm year St Joseph. No oak, very stylish.
95 Cuvee Constance was a treat. An infant, but wow.
La Bota de Fino was outstanding, also great with the moules.
92 Jadot Beaujolais had a nice enough nose, but seemed OTH in the mouth.
It was a great pleasure to meet Jay, Jeff, Bruce and Jim.
Eva did a fine job with the dinner. The duck liver mousse was great, and the morel risotto tasty with generous amounts of mushrooms.
