Three wines

[Jay Miller]

Passing time in Chelsea Wine Storage on Saturday we had there distinct and beautiful wines, each a perfect jewel in its own right.

2007 Gonon St. Joseph - floral with loads of subtle complexity. Hints of bacon and with air, lavender.

1999 Soldera Brunello Case Basse - still quite young with some prominent tannins but it already displays admirable depth and complexity and the deep cherry fruit just kept unfolding as it breathed.

1996 Olga Raffault 'Les Picasses' - some barnyard on the nose, unashamedly rustic and wonderful. There was some talk from a certain quarter of how this should have been drunk up years ago but this is just entering its apogee.

Helpful hint for the day: If you see Dickson's Mangalitsa ham buy some. Even better than their roast beef, smoked ham and lamb proscuitto.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

These were beautiful. The Raffault, particularly, rewarded nose-in-glass time.

 

[Jeff Connell]

Who is Dickson?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Dickson's

 

[VLM]

Whatever. That Raffault was better years ago. Mine are long gone.

Dipshits.

 

[David M. Bueker]

Wow - vitriol central here at Wine Disorder today.

 

[Politburo]

originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Wow - vitriol central here at Wine Disorder today.

We thank you for your valuable contributions.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by VLM:

Whatever. That Raffault was better years ago. Mine are long gone.

Dipshits.

The return of Zorro!

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by VLM:

Whatever. That Raffault was better years ago. Mine are long gone.

Dipshits.

lol, I was hoping you'd get around to reading the notes.

 

[David M. Bueker]

originally posted by politburo:

originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Wow - vitriol central here at Wine Disorder today.

We thank you for your valuable contributions.

whatever.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

originally posted by David M. Bueker:

originally posted by politburo:

originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Wow - vitriol central here at Wine Disorder today.

We thank you for your valuable contributions.

whatever.

I never understood why Houellebecq's first novel was translated as this in English. It's a generally flaccid response under any circumstances. On the other hand, Houellebecq's original title, The Extension of the Domain of the Struggle, might have been more appropriate.