TN: Dinner with Steve Edmunds (March 17, 2013)

Jeff Grossman

Jeff Grossman
attendees: Scott Reiner, Steve Edmunds, Carlos the Professional Bar Fly, Jeff

The night of St Patrick's Day. We are just about the only people in the restaurant. The soundtrack of popular music wanders across the decades, occasionally catching my attention. But the focus is on a civilized, charming, funny, entertaining evening.

Gahier 2004 Arbois Chardonnay "Fauquette" - Steve thinks this is wood-marked; fresh on entry with tingly yellow fruits and a bit of resin in the finish, and salty! but there's a butterscotch note in the center of it that reminds Steve of a barrel

Lo Triolet 2011 Pinot Gris - mountain wine, zingy but not savory like the Gahier, no really distinct fruit profile but a light enticing nose, then clean and crisp and slightly smoky

Tissot 2009 Arbois Trousseau "Singulier" - tannic, a bit of lavender and ripe cherries, so bright

Vieux Telegraphe 2008 Chateauneuf-du-Pape - suave, maybe too clean, very grenache... and two-dimensional

Steve also mentioned a related St. John project: one vid, two vid
 
Jeff; thanks for that second link; I hadn't seen that version of "Capoeira" before. He changed it quite a bit, for the better, I think.
I had a great time with you all, and look forward to the next occasion.

Steve Edmunds
 
And while we're in the business of corrections, Jeff, please note the "s" at the end of Steve's surname. The man himself was too genteel to mention it.

M'k L'ns
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
great night.

i'm curious about the gahier. neal claims no new oak ever used...

aha, i have just been told that it is not chard, but melon queue rouge...
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
No wood in Gahier's cellar that I saw. He also never mentioned melon queue rouge either.

That's Puffeney, right?
Puffeney does have a melon queue rouge bottling, and most folks who have old vines have a bit sprinkled in here and there in the vineyards.
 
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