2005 Frédéric Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Seuvrées 13.0%

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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
A half bottle, accompanying Louis Malle's dated but affecting Les Amants (1958), a curious little movie, concise to the point of and almost being British.
Marcia: So, how's the wine?
Me: Awful, doesn't even taste like Burgundy. Want a sip?
Marcia: Hmm, not Burgundy, but could still be pinot from somewhere else.
Me: You mean like Chile or something?
Marcia: Yes.
Me: I dunno, maybe... In any case, I was a fool to trust Meadows.
 
Frederic? There's no Meadows reviews of a Frederic Magnien G-C Seuvrees. There are for notes for the 2005 Michel Magnien Seuvrees, and when I see words like "smoky", "dense" and "full-bodied" I certainly do not think of it as an Oswaldo type of wine.
 
Then I must have bought some Frederic based on the Michel, of which I also bought a little bit. You're right, that doesn't sound like my kind of wine. I prefer "squalid," "anorexic," and "bilious."
 
Frederic is Michel's negoc operation, que non?

We've had a couple of the FM 02 villages which, failing to resonate emotionally, still supported a meal. Also an 03 Bournique that was quite good, though probably not in a classic Chambolle sense.
 
Some Magnien wines are modernist messes and others are utterly classic. It's a little frustrating not to know what you're going to get, but I've had enough winners not to write them off. The Borniques is often Musignyesque and better than the Amoureuses. I had a fantastic Les St. Georges once too.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Some Magnien wines are modernist messes and others are utterly classic. It's a little frustrating not to know what you're going to get, but I've had enough winners not to write them off.
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I think it's fair to say that any with the NBI imprimatur are probably going to fall within the former category.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Some Magnien wines are modernist messes and others are utterly classic. It's a little frustrating not to know what you're going to get, but I've had enough winners not to write them off.
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I think it's fair to say that any with the NBI imprimatur are probably going to fall within the former category.

Mark Lipton
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We've sold many bottles of Magnien wines in our store and my experience has been a mixed bag over the years. Quien sabe?
 
I enjoyed many wines from Michel Magnien in the middle-to-late '80s and early '90s. Later in the '90s the wines were less consistent. More recently my experiences have become rare. I never took to F. Magnien' s wines, with even the hits lacking the depth and sinew of the older Michel wines. I would definitely suggest a taste-first approach with this one.
 
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