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Wonder Twins' Powers, Activate!
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originally posted by Cliff:
Maybe it was just an excuse, but I heard it at the estate, not from people in the U.S.
shrug. i'd imagine that the estate would prefer you believed that they had a batch of dodgy corks (now taken care of, or course) than that their importers regularly casserole the product.
like jonathan, i have never had the slightest problem with corks on my (domain sourced) 81s (nor even on the much lamer, later bottled versions of the 81 that i scored in london -- joe may recall an ironically "pristine" bottle of this cuvvee that was a perfect example of its mediocrity...)
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the 09 sylvaners from würzburg and its environs are as disappointingly chubby (to my taste) as the 09 beaujolais. as in the beaujolais, the 10s are much better, but they are still large boned.
is there any limestone in denmark?
fb, (drinking beautifully ripe 09 spätburgunder from the rheingau. 12.5%. who fucking knew?)
is there any limestone in denmark?
fb, (drinking beautifully ripe 09 spätburgunder from the rheingau. 12.5%. who fucking knew?)
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
originally posted by fatboy:
originally posted by Cliff:
Maybe it was just an excuse, but I heard it at the estate, not from people in the U.S.
shrug. i'd imagine that the estate would prefer you believed that they had a batch of dodgy corks (now taken care of, or course) than that their importers regularly casserole the product.
like jonathan, i have never had the slightest problem with corks on my (domain sourced) 81s (nor even on the much lamer, later bottled versions of the 81 that i scored in london -- joe may recall an ironically "pristine" bottle of this cuvvee that was a perfect example of its mediocrity...)
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Corks on the 81 aren't relevant since the bad cork explanation was only for the 89s, which indeed were leakers and not merely heat damaged.
Last night, to celebrate Gail's 60th birthday, we had, among many other wines, a Beaucastel 90, bought here, when it arrived in July. I have had this wine from my stash and from the domaine, and they taste pretty identical and pretty wonderful.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Please relay our congratulations to Gail. Lacan would no doubt approve of Beau castel as a choice.
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never had a leaky 89 neither.
donnhoffs 93s leak like buggery, but it hasn't affected their ability to age / be one of my favorite all time vintages for same.
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donnhoffs 93s leak like buggery, but it hasn't affected their ability to age / be one of my favorite all time vintages for same.
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is there any limestone in denmark?
Not that I'm aware of, but they do have chalk and glacial moraine till.
Joel Stewart
Joel Stewart
I like the sulfured '09 Lapierres well enough too (not tried the '10's yet, except raisin du gaul) but the sans soufre is pretty much a different wine anyway. Seems to be consistently leaner and less overtly carbonicky ripe in comparison to the sulfured releases....which makes it just right for the '09 vintage imho.originally posted by Yixin:
I really like the 2009s from Lapierre, but prefer the 2010s.
lars makie
lars makie
We lucked out in Chicago and got the '10 Lapierres in pretty early. I've gone through three of them already. I absolutely love it. Though I was talking with someone in Michigan about them and they were saying that the ones in MI weren't showing that well. I noticed that the ones he had were bottled on a different date and were the regular Kermit Lynch imports (the ones that come into Chicago are brought in by Michael Corso). They probably just need some time to unwind. The bottles I've had have been downed at breakneck speeds though.originally posted by Joel Stewart:
I like the sulfured '09 Lapierres well enough too (not tried the '10's yet, except raisin du gaul) but the sans soufre is pretty much a different wine anyway. Seems to be consistently leaner and less overtly carbonicky ripe in comparison to the sulfured releases....which makes it just right for the '09 vintage imho.originally posted by Yixin:
I really like the 2009s from Lapierre, but prefer the 2010s.
ETA: Oh, and to bring it back to Brun, I'll add his '10s to the awesome list. The '10s he showed at the LDM tasting earlier this year were definite winners. As is the bottle of '10 Rosé d'Folie I pretty much singlehandedly downed this evening.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by Yixin:
The unsulfured was showing better on the 3rd day.
Takes a better man than me to hold back this long.
originally posted by Joel Stewart:
I like the sulfured '09 Lapierres well enough too (not tried the '10's yet, except raisin du gaul) but the sans soufre is pretty much a different wine anyway. Seems to be consistently leaner and less overtly carbonicky ripe in comparison to the sulfured releases....which makes it just right for the '09 vintage imho.originally posted by Yixin:
I really like the 2009s from Lapierre, but prefer the 2010s.
I think something toasted the 09 normales that landed in Seattle. It is a shame, since I bought so much, and since it was such a highlight elsewhere.
Joel Stewart
Joel Stewart
Yeah, that is too bad to hear Brad. Is questionable provenance a recurrent theme for you left coasters? Seems I've heard grumblings from various folks on occasion.
Fwiw, I picked up my '09 normales from Crush and had them shipped in during cool weather last year. They've all been fine wines.
Fwiw, I picked up my '09 normales from Crush and had them shipped in during cool weather last year. They've all been fine wines.
originally posted by Joel Stewart:
Yeah, that is too bad to hear Brad. Is questionable provenance a recurrent theme for you left coasters? Seems I've heard grumblings from various folks on occasion.
Fwiw, I picked up my '09 normales from Crush and had them shipped in during cool weather last year. They've all been fine wines.
I actually don't think that I've tried one here in Seattle, but my buddies Marc D and Brian C tell me they're bad, and they know what they're talking about, to the extent that I describe their experience as my own.
But now I'm curious, so I'm going to do my own experiment.
originally posted by BJ:
Is my hyphen on twins' in the wrong place in the title? I hate rules. Someone do compliance for me.
You're cool. There is more than one twin, correct? And they both possess powers? If so, you're off the hook, Brad.
Mark Lipton
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by BJ:
Is my hyphen on twins' in the wrong place in the title? I hate rules. Someone do compliance for me.
You're cool. There is more than one twin, correct? And they both possess powers? If so, you're off the hook, Brad.
Mark Lipton
But I cannot refrain from remarking that 'tis an apostrophe, notta hyphen.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Not cool. It's an apostrophe, not a hyphen.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Great minds, Mr. O.