Say Goodbye to Clape

originally posted by Matt Latuchie:
parker went a bit bananas in his latest northern rhone review...

2011 Chapoutier Ermitage Cuvee de l'Oree
2010 Delas Freres Hermitage les Bessards
2009 Chave Hermitage Cuvee Cathelin
2010 Auguste Clape Cornas
2010 Chave Hermitage
2009 Guigal Cote Rotie la Mouline
2009 Guigal Cote Rotie la Turque
2009 Guigal Hermitage Ex Voto
2010 Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite
2010 Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc
2010 Chapoutier Hermitage Vin de Paille
2010 Alain Voge Cornas Vieilles Fontaines
2010 Michel Ogier Cote Rotie Cuvee Belle Helene
2009 Michel Ogier Cote Rotie Cuvee Belle Helene
2009 Guigal Cote Rotie la Landonne
2010 Chapoutier Ermitage Cuvee de l'Oree
2010 Chapoutier Ermitage le Pavillon

these were all 100pts. i'm just happy that Allemand and Gonon weren't reviewed again.
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Actually, any reasonable person would have to view that on balance as some seriously excellent news.

Go boy! Go!! Get the Chapoutier. Go! Go! Get it! Fetch! Yum, yum! Guigal? Gotta have it! The woody Voge? That too! The modernist Ogier? Tora tora tora!

If RP spends his declining years starting the hounds after that many metal rabbits, we can all drink the good stuff for a little while longer. I hope he lives long and has great influence. A little love for Clape notwithstanding.
 
I noticed that Clape Cornas was something like $90 in the last Kermit newsletter so it doesn't really matter either way for me...
 
originally posted by BJ:
I noticed that Clape Cornas was something like $90 in the last Kermit newsletter so it doesn't really matter either way for me...
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in washington that's not much above wholesale--i'd be very surprised to see it on the shelf at that price. $110 would be more expected.
 
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
 
originally posted by mlawton:
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
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Bingo.
 
originally posted by mlawton:
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
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It's a real worry.

OTOH, if they read the Gentaz auction results, maybe they'll learn the story of Giacosa and not just the story of Gaja.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by mlawton:
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
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It's a real worry.

OTOH, if they read the Gentaz auction results, maybe they'll learn the story of Giacosa and not just the story of Gaja.
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Not sure I got the analogy but would like to learn more.
 
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by mlawton:
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
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It's a real worry.

OTOH, if they read the Gentaz auction results, maybe they'll learn the story of Giacosa and not just the story of Gaja.
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Not sure I got the analogy but would like to learn more.
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I think he is saying that traditionalist winemaking can lead to skyrocketing prices as much as modernist winemaking.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by mlawton:
I fear for the trickle-down. There are few enough producers in the area making real wines, if Delas, Guigal and Chapoutier can get big points and charge big dollars for their product, other than being a curmudgeon or on a crusade, why would a vigneron choose to stay the course?
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It's a real worry.

OTOH, if they read the Gentaz auction results, maybe they'll learn the story of Giacosa and not just the story of Gaja.
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Not sure I got the analogy but would like to learn more.
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I think he is saying that traditionalist winemaking can lead to skyrocketing prices as much as modernist winemaking.
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Yes, but Berlusconi chose Gaja for his NYE celebrations! The ramp-up in Giacosa prices is sadly more recent than for Gaja, a story which Roederer has taken to heart with Delas.
 
Just received some prices....

2011 Ermitage Pavillon 189.99

97-100 points Parker: "Flirting with perfection, the 2011 Ermitage Le Pavillon is the most remarkable of these four cuvees. Intense blackberry liqueur notes intermixed with notions of creme de cassis, charcoal, licorice and black truffles are followed by a monumentally sized wine with colossal concentration. It is another masterpiece of richness, power, symmetry and complexity. Give it 3-5 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25-30 years."

Delas

2009 Hermitage Bessards 219.99

100 points Parker: "The most prodigious wine I have yet tasted from the Delas portfolio is the brilliant 2009 Hermitage Les Bessards. Its inky/purple color is followed by abundant notes of acacia flowers, blackberries, black currants, new saddle leather, roasted meats and graphite, amazing concentration, a skyscraper-like texture, supple but significant tannin and low acidity. The result is a perfect example of Syrah from this great vineyard site in Hermitage. It will offer immense pleasure for 40+ years."

2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne 179.99

98+ points Parker: "Flirting with perfection, the 2010 Cote Rotie La Landonne offers up scents of black truffles, incense, smoked game, creosote, spring flowers and black fruits. Full-bodied with mouth-staining tannin as well as mouth-saturating extract and richness, this powerful, strikingly intense 2010 is young and unevolved, but it is filled with potential. Interestingly, Jacques Grange told me this cuvee was made from 100% destemmed fruit. Forget this wine for 4-5 years, and drink it over the following three decades."

2010 Hermitage Bessards 169.99

100 points Parker: "The uber-impressive 2010 Hermitage Les Bessards ranks alongside the perfect 2009. The strikingly intense powdered stone/granite minerality is apparent in this wine of great intensity, prodigious, almost skyscraper-like texture, massive body and high tannins. It is only for true connoisseurs who have a cold cellar as well as the patience to wait a minimum of a decade for it to round into drinking form. Filled with potential, it is one of the single greatest Hermitages I have ever tasted. There is no hint of its 100% new oak aging!"
 
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