Wine tonight

i loved ward's in boone, but have only been once.

the best bbq i have ever had was at allens, but i have also had average batches. maybe it just doesnt travel well.
 
Post Apocalypse(the media driven version, in other words: tonight) had a Puzelat Pet Nat 2006. It was very good, but can't decide if it was wine, beer or cider.
 
I'm finding more and more that I've become overly sensitive to the minty notes in a lot of California wines. Dunno what's changed, but something has.
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Only California? I find minty notes all over the place, from Piemonte to Burgundy to Loire to Rhone...

Do you have any inkling of what causes such?
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by VLM:
2006 Clos Rougeard
The Clos bottling. My least favorite from 2002-2006, by far. I can't remember the 2000 or 2001. 3rd time I've had it. Not sure what's what. Don't get me wrong, this is still good, just not at the level that I've grown accustomed to the last few vintages.
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Aargh, picked up a bottle of each of the three for a horizontal sometime after 2016. Perhaps I shouldn't get my hopes up too high.
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Even in a small vintage, their lowliest wine ages well. For example, the 2001 Clos is incredible now.

Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
originally posted by slaton:
Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Hmm, for a horizontal, until when would you wait? 2020?
 
originally posted by slaton:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by VLM:
2006 Clos Rougeard
The Clos bottling. My least favorite from 2002-2006, by far. I can't remember the 2000 or 2001. 3rd time I've had it. Not sure what's what. Don't get me wrong, this is still good, just not at the level that I've grown accustomed to the last few vintages.
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Aargh, picked up a bottle of each of the three for a horizontal sometime after 2016. Perhaps I shouldn't get my hopes up too high.
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Even in a small vintage, their lowliest wine ages well. For example, the 2001 Clos is incredible now.

Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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I disagree. Unless you mean it comes to taste like old cabernet franc.

Some vintages just develop in more interesting ways than others. This is one of the points of building a cellar, after all.

I'm going to drink a 2006 Bourg this week to see what's what.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by slaton:
Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Hmm, for a horizontal, until when would you wait? 2020?
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No. Not unless you believe in magic.
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by slaton:
Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Hmm, for a horizontal, until when would you wait? 2020?
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No. Not unless you believe in magic.
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I do, and it's what I expect from Clos Rougeard.
 
Nady is a he:
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I don't know whether there is a particle connection.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Clos Rougeard.
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Isn't she Niels Bohr's granddaughter or something? Speaking of magic.
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Close. Max Born's.

My aunt, who knew the family well, claimed that ONJ's mother was the most beautiful -- and stupidest -- woman in Cambridge. Among scientists, I am known for my distant familial relationship with Max Born, but among students it's his granddaughter that garners all the attention. Winegeeks might get more of a kick, though, out of my 4th cousin.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by slaton:
Even in a small vintage, their lowliest wine ages well. For example, the 2001 Clos is incredible now.

Just open the Clos in your planned timeframe (2016), and the Poyeux and Bourg much further down the road. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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I disagree. Unless you mean it comes to taste like old cabernet franc.

Some vintages just develop in more interesting ways than others. This is one of the points of building a cellar, after all.

I'm going to drink a 2006 Bourg this week to see what's what.
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Missed this until now.

I'm not one for necrophilia and am right there with you on preferring earlier drinking windows for many wines, certainly for Beaujolais, but also a number of other board favorites. Generally not, with Rougeard.

I drank another bottle of the '01 Clos a couple of weeks ago. While it is indeed perhaps just past peak for my taste, it is still wonderful, with so much more to offer than it did several years ago. On release this was a bit thin and weedy, certainly nowhere near the deliciousness that is the '02.

So perhaps that '06 has somewhere to go yet.
 
sipping a 2008 Éric Texier M“con-Bussières Très Vieilles Vignes tonight. Toasty oak on the nose, but it's decently integrated on the palate. Nice hazelnut, spring flowers, and minerals on the palate. Enjoyable wine!
 
2010 L'Indigène Sulfureux Anahy
1995 Les Cras Macon la Roche Vineuse O. Merlin
2006 Côt Clos Roche Blanche
1990 Cayron Gigondas
2008 ET Côte Rotie
2011 Poire Willians de contrebande (Livron sur Drome)
 
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