This winemaker

originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by yixin:

Says the man who made the only Cornas pretty enough to make me cry. Him and Vincent Gasse were what I started with.
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My Cornas started with Verset, thus aimable was never part of the equation. I discovered Juge after that and Clape. Maybe because of where I started, nothing has ever struck the same profound chord with me that Verset can.

The Gasse I know was Lafoy et Gasse in Cote-Rotie. Amazingly inconsistent, sometimes beautiful wines.
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For me, it was Clape, Verset, Voge and Juge, all basically at the same time. I'd troll the aisles of Garnet looking for new releases, probably engaging in conversation with the likes of Lillie, Wolf or Callahan without even knowing it (not that those names would have meant anything to me back then).

Mark Lipton
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My first Cornas was a '94 Voge VV that Lillie opened in the back at Garnet one day in '96 or '97 and warned me it was a bit rustic. Loved it. Unfortunately, though, at that time I was more into CA, Bordeaux, Ribera del Duero, the Loire and Port, so my dollars went there.

I remember we had some mags of '91 Chave in the basement that we were selling for $99.99 circa '99 and thought that was a bit pricy, plus anyone that wanted ones had to give David a secret handshake and their first born.
 
originally posted by Yixin:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Yixin:
One of the best-farmed plots in St-Joseph, by the way.

Along with Damien Laureau and Clos Roche Blanche, one of my benchmarks for viticulture.
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WOW. You certainly got my attention. Laureau in the same breath as Didier? I've never been to the vineyards, just tasted the wines.
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He came from a farming family in Versailles and is very intuitive. The banner picture on our website is that of his hands showing me some of his massale plants. The winemaking was probably uneven at the start (I've had every vintage), and I still think there's sometimes too much oak on Le Bel Ouvrage (hey, it sells). 2008-2010 were very strong vintages for him, we'll see about 2011.
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Good to know, tasting bottles in Chicago from the 2006 vintage I found a slightly heavy hand and have shied away from them since despite good words from good quarters. This more specific info suggests / confirms that I need to visit the more recent vintages.
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by SteveTimko:
Stolpman making more friends.
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Good grief! Maybe I should make some vinegar with my remaining stock of Stolpman wines?

Mark Lipton
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I've liked Stolpman wines, As I said, a white Rhone I tasted a year or two ago was outstanding, although a bit pricey for me.
There was a barbershop where I lived called Ed's Friendly Barbershop. Ed had it for a couple of decades. And he was friendly. He turned it over to his son, who was a dick. It was closed within 18 months. Obviously, some traits are not hereditary.
 
originally posted by SteveTimko:
There was a barbershop where I lived called Ed's Friendly Barbershop. Ed had it for a couple of decades. And he was friendly. He turned it over to his son, who was a dick. It was closed within 18 months. Obviously, some traits are not hereditary.
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Perhaps the son was terrible at cutting hair.
 
Stolpman webfolk have removed the post that prompted the OP. Searching the site for "texier" brings up zip.

So someone is cleaning up after the kid.
 
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