TN: Wine in Maharatha

[Jeff Grossman]

A few slurps with Jay Miller on the road:

Jadot 1998 Beaune 1er "Clos des Ursules" - pretty nose but very lean in the mouth, perhaps you could serve this with meat but it definitely did not go with toast (which is usually an easy match for wine)

Calabretta 2000 Etna Rosso - a better bottle than the one a week or two ago; gentle and plummy, but it's losing its shape so drink up

Mugneret 2000 Nuits-St-Georges 1er "Les Chaignots" - here's a really nice one: pure and crisp and glyceral and a basket of berries; Bruce has 5 more of these and he's happy

Morot 1993 Beaune 1er "Bressandes" - tight at first, this opens with about an hour of air; attractive but a bit weary even so

Jamet 2001 Cote-Rotie - excellent bottle: medium-weight, blueberry-blackberry but not a trace of chocolate milkshake, one might accuse it of being a little glossy but it's a job well done, very enjoyable

Alain Lorieux 2011 Chinon Rose - crisp and clean, just what it says (and just what we want)

 

[Jay Miller]

I liked the Morot more than Jeff (maybe I was seeing what I wanted to since it was my bottle). A very pleasant bottle of mature Burgundy.

the Mugneret and the Jamet were the stars of the above lineup though.

I suspect the Jadot might have seen some slight heat damage somewhere. Not much resemblance to a bottle I opened 2 years ago (this one wasn't mine).

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Maureen brought a magnum of the '93 (I think; might have been '90) Bressandes to a dinner about 2, 2 1/2 years ago, and 'twas very good indeed, still with plenty of mileage left in it. Naturally, it'd be fresher-younger in the large format. Jonathan was there, as well as - iirc - Rahsaan and Cole.