2005 Texier CdR

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Mark Lipton
Tonight I came home from escorting my 4 yr old to a college basketball game to find Jean relaxing with an opened bottle of 2005 Texier Ctes du Rhne, recently acquired from the Chambers St moving sale. Light and brightly acidic, with dusty tannins, a mineral streak and crisp red fruit, it went passably well with the post-game pepperoni pizza we shared upon our return. Nice stuff, though it'll probably get even better with some more bottle age. Fake cork, Chris, and funky label (quite the antithesis of the stoic classicism of the Dom. Pergault).

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Fake cork, Chris
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Woohoo!

This is the plain ol' CdR, no village designation?
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Amidst the chaos and cacaphony of the label? Who can tell? But, no, it's not the Brzme, nor is it the St. Gervais. The one I'm talking about has a black-background label with many different colors, if you can conceive of such.

Mark Lipton
 
This is the one I had:
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I guess not the same, then?

-O
 
originally posted by Otto Nieminen:
This is the one I had:
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I guess not the same, then?
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Nope. This is the one that I had:

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I leave it to others more knowledgeable than myself to explain whether there's a difference in the contents of said bottles. BTW, are you the person responsible for the Repository of Useless Information, Otto?

Mark Lipton
 
I leave it to others more knowledgeable than myself to explain whether there's a difference in the contents of said bottles.
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One difference is the vintage.

Mark's photo is 2004 and Otto's is 2005.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
I leave it to others more knowledgeable than myself to explain whether there's a difference in the contents of said bottles.
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One difference is the vintage.

Mark's photo is 2004 and Otto's is 2005.
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Yeah, I know. I couldn't find one of the '05, but I didn't do an exhaustive search of the web, either. My bottle says '05 -- that much I know.

Mark Lipton
 
Not the same wine.
The white label is from old grenaches and cinsaults coming from the COurtheson area (near beaucastel). My friend Jean Rich is the only grower.
Elevage in foudres and demi-muids.
Traditional full body style : what French expect when they drink CdR.

The coloured label is a specific blend for the US market.
Last year blenders were Joe D., Shawn M. , Lyle F., David L..
Grenache from Plan de Dieu and Ardche, Whites from Sablet and Chateauneuf, sometime Carignan from Gard.
Elevage in concrete 12 months and then 6-8 monthes in foudres.
Grapes come from 3 growers.
Lighter and more feminin in style, more northern terroirs.

Eric
 
Thanks for the clarification, Eric, as well as for the wine. Good blending, Disorderistas! While we're on the topic, does anyone know if the "Euro" blend is imported to the US? The otherwise excellent LDM site is silent on the issue.

Mark Lipton
 
Thanks for the clarification Eric! I'm intrigued by the American blend, too!

Mark, yes I'm responsible, but how on earth did you find out about it?

-O
 
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