Descombes Saint-Amour

[Jeff Grossman]

Anybody had it? (cut/paste from wine list tonight):

SAINT AMOUR
$49
DOMAINE LES COTES DE LA ROCHE
GERARD DESCOMBES
2006

 

[Sharon Bowman]

My eyes popped out of my head at the price, before I saw that it was from a restaurant wine list.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Here's the whole thing.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Ouch.

Btw, Googling shows it to be a different Descombes (Gérard, not Georges)....

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I would go with the Brun Moulin-à-Vent.

 

[Jay Miller]

Yes, or if you want to keep it at $49 perhaps the JULIENAS CLOS DU FIEF DOMAINE MICHEL TETE 2010

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I LOVE IT WHEN JAY MILLER STARTS SHOUTING.

But good point.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Thank you, oh, sharp-eyed friends. I'm heading there now... we'll see what happens at the table.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I would go with the Brun Moulin-à-Vent.

I'm drinking this right now, and it's excellent, in a youthfully stern, 2010 kind of way. Rich, tannic, replete with a sense of buried treasure. Give it 10-20 minutes in a decanter.

2009 Foillard in magnum?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

It was Tete. Served quite cold. Gulpable. Did not reveal any tantalizing depths of flavor tonight.