Abbatucci Ministre Impérial 2010

[Todd Abrams]

Aromas of ripe cherries on hot gravel and pear skins and dusty fruit orchards rise from a glass. With time it smells of even more cherries, sour, sweet, dried, all elegantly arranged in an earthenware bowl. Although medium in weight there is a substantial concentration of fruit that travels along a wave of long-lasting minerality. There are stones, broadleaf trees in the sun, girls dancing in a meadow, Burgundian ghosts, and it all expands through the bottle until the last sip when you are not only basking in the beauty of this wine but the beauty of wine in general. Did I mention cherries?

It’s not cheap and made from a blend of grapes with peculiar names. I made the unfortunate decision to open a bottle of Les Vignes Oubliées Terrasses du Larzac (a very nice Languedoc wine) shortly after this bottle was gone and it took a good hour to fully adjust. The presence of the Abbatucci would not leave the room.

 

[Jay Miller]

Coincidentally I (and Jeff) had my first Abbatucci on Tuesday off the list at Marea - the hauntingly beautiful 2010 Barbarossa. If they were only a little less expensive...

 

[Todd Abrams]

For that price, a wine should at least do a little bit of haunting.

That should be a rating system with illustrations. I give this one 4/5 specters.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Todd Abrams:
That should be a rating system with illustrations. I give this one 4/5 specters.

Can you convert that to phantoms?

 

[Kay Bixler]

Lets stick to prongs.

 

[Zachary Ross]

Or apparitions (in a station of the metro).

 

[Todd Abrams]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Can you convert that to phantoms?

Not without serious rounding errors, I’m afraid.

 

[Jay Miller]

Have you tried their less expensive bottlings?

 

[Zachary Ross]

I posted notes on a couple here:

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[Todd Abrams]

originally posted by Zachary Ross:
I posted notes on a couple here:

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Good notes! Arena is another Corsican baller.

 

[Todd Abrams]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Have you tried their less expensive bottlings?

No. But I would emphatically.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Todd Abrams:
For that price, a wine should at least do a little bit of haunting.

That should be a rating system with illustrations. I give this one 4/5 specters.

I think we really need some physicists to do the spectral analysis. Jayson?

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Todd Abrams:

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Have you tried their less expensive bottlings?

No. But I would emphatically.

Emphatically, you should.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Todd Abrams:

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Have you tried their less expensive bottlings?

No. But I would emphatically.

Emphatically, you should.

Thanks! As mentioned in another thread their $19 Rouge Frais Imperial is a quite lovely light weight. Though less ethereal than the Barbarossa it has considerable charm.

Buy again? Yes.