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Florida Jim

Florida Jim
2000 Nigl, Riesling Hockhacker:
Excellent energy in the mouth with a mid-weight, bright delivery. Superb with smoked trout spread.

2005 Valentini, Trebbiano:
Young but loaded with flavors and textures; not yet of a piece but lots of good things going on here.

2006 V. Dauvissat, Chablis Les Preuses:
Firm and aristocratic, needs time but shows a side to this vineyard I did not recall; I usually find it more flamboyant.

2009 Edmunds St. John, Rocks and Gravel:
Showing very well with a fun and juicy GSM profile and that touch of firmness on the finish I attribute to elevage in cement.

1997 Chave, Hermitage (rouge):
Not classic but having a bit more flesh with accents of olive and wet stones. Mid-weight and open.

2008 Edmunds St. John, Prophery:
Crackling with life, peppery/cherry, quite bright and intense.

2005 Vissoux, Fleurie Poncie:
An entirely different expression of gamay than the preceding wine; this is all about flesh and velvet, deep fruit, lower acid and concentration. A very lovely bottle.

2009 Navarro, Pinot Noir L’ancienne:
Light bodied, translucent, tart and elegant; not especially deep or complex but a nice little wine that went well with pasta and summer veggies.

Best, Jim

PS Sorry about the original post. I had screwed up the html commands and the website was not loading this morning so I could not get back to correct until now.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Well, my errors are often glaring enough to do some damage, true dat; but everyone deserves a bye on the small stuff, don't you think?
What is this? Some new kind of pedantry?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
That was some fancy diner you stopped at, Jim.

Two, actually.
And another tonight - trying to see everyone here in NC before we hit the road for CA.
I spent the day packing and tomorrow I'll be loading the trailer to haul across country.
Fucking busy, you know . . .?
Best, Jim
 
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