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Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
An 03 red Burg from a not-careful producer? Or a Cali Pinot, not Rhys.
Oops, sorry; I glossed over the part about 'affirmatively recommend.' I'd shift to Dolcetto. Levi's recommendation should be worth checking just because.
Howard Cooper
Howard Cooper
Would these qualify:
Ridge Santa Cruz Cabernet
Pibarnon
San Vincente Rioja or some other good Rioja or Ribero de Duero
Ridge Petite Sirah
Ridge Santa Cruz Cabernet
Pibarnon
San Vincente Rioja or some other good Rioja or Ribero de Duero
Ridge Petite Sirah
originally posted by Dan McQ:
originally posted by SFJoe:
How about a decent dolcetto?
We have a winner.
*ding*ding*ding*!
My first thought...
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
Late to the party again. For CdPs, I'd tend to 06s rather than 00s or 98s. All of these wines actually have acid in them, but people who like low acid wines are bamboozled by forward fruit. And some 06s--Charvin, Eddie Feraud, Ferrand, Marcoux--are showing particularly well. They are also a lot easier to find than 98s and 00s.
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Late to the party again. For CdPs, I'd tend to 06s rather than 00s or 98s. All of these wines actually have acid in them, but people who like low acid wines are bamboozled by forward fruit. And some 06s--Charvin, Eddie Feraud, Ferrand, Marcous--are showing particularly well. They are also a lot easier to find than 98s and 00s.
Jonathan, have you had any '06 Beaucastels?
I have some and was wondering whether they were approachable yet.
originally posted by Howard Cooper:
Would these qualify:
Ridge Santa Cruz Cabernet
Pibarnon
San Vincente Rioja or some other good Rioja or Ribero de Duero
Ridge Petite Sirah
Ridge I would expect to have acidity, even if it's a bit hidden, as would a Rioja. I can't imagine recommending a low acid version. But the Petite Sirah is a good call.
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
originally posted by Yule Kim:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Late to the party again. For CdPs, I'd tend to 06s rather than 00s or 98s. All of these wines actually have acid in them, but people who like low acid wines are bamboozled by forward fruit. And some 06s--Charvin, Eddie Feraud, Ferrand, Marcous--are showing particularly well. They are also a lot easier to find than 98s and 00s.
Jonathan, have you had any '06 Beaucastels?
I have some and was wondering whether they were approachable yet.
I haven't since it first came out. I find Beaucastels, now that Vieux Donjon has been Cambified, a wine that, after the first couple of years, really doesn't benefit from being drunk young and is really at its best between the ages of 10 and 20 and older. I should add, that I haven't had many Beaucastels at all after the 01 as they got more expensive than I was willing to pay, though I have tasted them--and the 06--on visits to Beaucastel.
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
No dissent or compromise should be brooked. Your friend, as an inferior human being, should be shot.
Need to beg indulgence for a temporary medical situation that makes pronounced acidity undesirable.
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
Nero d'Avola, quite often.
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Nero d'Avola, quite often.
Even the good ones?
Salil Benegal
Salil Benegal
Ridge Geyserville?
originally posted by Salil Benegal:
Ridge Geyserville?
Do we still recommend the current versions? It's been awhile since I had one. I used to love them.
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Yule Kim:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Late to the party again. For CdPs, I'd tend to 06s rather than 00s or 98s. All of these wines actually have acid in them, but people who like low acid wines are bamboozled by forward fruit. And some 06s--Charvin, Eddie Feraud, Ferrand, Marcous--are showing particularly well. They are also a lot easier to find than 98s and 00s.
Jonathan, have you had any '06 Beaucastels?
I have some and was wondering whether they were approachable yet.
I haven't since it first came out. I find Beaucastels, now that Vieux Donjon has been Cambified, a wine that, after the first couple of years, really doesn't benefit from being drunk young and is really at its best between the ages of 10 and 20 and older. I should add, that I haven't had many Beaucastels at all after the 01 as they got more expensive than I was willing to pay, though I have tasted them--and the 06--on visits to Beaucastel.
Thank you Jonathan. I'll let them sleep then. I'm guessing it is all that mourvedre that makes them grumpy when young?
lars makie
lars makie
Nero came to mind last night, but the only ones i could really think of were COS or Occhipinti, both having lovely spines of acid. I'm sure Levi knows of others that would fit the bill. Gulfi? Biondi?originally posted by Cliff:
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Nero d'Avola, quite often.
Even the good ones?
We do, mostly, there is continuity of style.originally posted by Cliff:
originally posted by Salil Benegal:
Ridge Geyserville?
Do we still recommend the current versions? It's been awhile since I had one. I used to love them.
But high acid has always been a virtue of zin, so I confess myself perplexed by brother Salil's proposal.
Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
Yeesh, no reason to get all complicated here. Hasn't anyone heard of merlot? Any halfway decent cheap Bordeaux will do the job.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by Cliff:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
No dissent or compromise should be brooked. Your friend, as an inferior human being, should be shot.
Need to beg indulgence for a temporary medical situation that makes pronounced acidity undesirable.
Oh, ok.
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I perceived basic 2009 Mont Redon CdR as having fairly low acidity, but I don't know for a fact that it does. It is however delicious, in case you are looking for something currently available.