08 Thomas La Baille

Lou Kessler

Lou Kessler
Hopefully it's just my case of wine but the last 2 out of 3 bottles of 08 T. La Baille Buster that I have tried had the tell tale smell of sherry. Yep, pre mox. Anyone else have any problems?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
I had issues with Y2K.

Had a taste of one of these last fall and it was definitely too developed for my liking, but I could not tell whether that was really premox or just the normal developmental trajectory of the wine, it being 11 years old at that point. Anyone else remember that bottle? It was at that gathering at Ciano when Steve Edmunds was in town.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I had issues with Y2K.

Had a taste of one of these last fall and it was definitely too developed for my liking, but I could not tell whether that was really premox or just the normal developmental trajectory of the wine, it being 11 years old at that point. Anyone else remember that bottle? It was at that gathering at Ciano when Steve Edmunds was in town.

That one I thought normal, especially given that 2000 wasn't a particularly strong vintage.

For my 2002 I had a half case. In the same time period some were gorgeous and some were shot.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

That one I thought normal, especially given that 2000 wasn't a particularly strong vintage.
Were you thinking generally, or for T-L?

A recent P. Cotat GC was quite fresh.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Had a taste of one of these last fall and it was definitely too developed for my liking, but I could not tell whether that was really premox or just the normal developmental trajectory of the wine, it being 11 years old at that point.

My feeling is it's how these wines develop. Early experiments aging these wines led to a lot of bottles that tasted mostly of pine resin. Some leaned towards cherry pit. Now I just drink them young.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Jay Miller:

That one I thought normal, especially given that 2000 wasn't a particularly strong vintage.
Were you thinking generally, or for T-L?

A recent P. Cotat GC was quite fresh.

That this bottle was showing advanced but not necessarily (though possibly) more advanced than one would expect from an 11 year old Sancerre from a not particularly strong vintage. I still enjoyed it which I couldn't say for the intermittent bottles of apple cider I had in my half case of 2002 about 4 years ago.
 
originally posted by twlim:
So... not to induce drift or anything, but does anyone know if there are plans for future Busters?
Both '09 and '10 are in the market. I haven't heard of any change in plans.
 
Is anyone else concerned that there suddenly seems to be a real issue with pre-mox here in a lot of vintages? Seems like these wines are best consumed on release.
 
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