What did you drink tonight?

2008 Villemade Cour Chéverny Les Petits Acacias, lots of pretty nasal descriptors, of which honey did little to prepare one for the bone dryness and intense acidity. 'Tis Romo, after all. But it would have benefited from a little tenderness.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
2008 Villemade Cour Chéverny Les Petits Acacias, lots of pretty nasal descriptors, of which honey did little to prepare one for the bone dryness and intense acidity. 'Tis Romo, after all. But it would have benefited from a little tenderness.
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Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah
 
2012 Beatrice & Pascal Lambert Chinon "Les Terrasses" is earthy-ass goodness. Cravant goodness. Funkier than the pure radiance of things Baudry in that specific neighborhood, but still up my alley.

Also had a red from Domaine de Veilloux in Cheverny recently; has some pinot, some gamay, breton, côt. It was also a good old Loire friend. Now imported to the US by what's 'eir names.
 
2011 Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais

I used to drink a fair amount of Bournais off and on but haven't had one of the 'recent' vintages so it has been fun to drink a couple of these over the past few weeks and get re-acquainted.

Rich stuff. Sunny sweet gingery citrus. So intense it makes me wonder if I would like it as much if the label said California, Chile or something non-Loire. But I don't really care because the label doesn't say any of those things. And then the fine finish comes in to give me a sense of Loire-style elegance and finesse.

A curious wine to match with food and a lovely wine to drink.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
2012 Karthauserhof Eitelsburg Spatlese last night and the night before. Lovely on the first night, gorgeous on the second.
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Nice. I thought the kabinett was shutting down earlier this fall (although to be fair it was still pretty darn delicious) and various other 2012 spatleses have also seemed to be shutting down. So I would have triangulated that evidence to be skeptical about this wine. But that obviously wouldn't have served me well!!
 
91 Mascarello Dolcetto, cork in good shape but the wine a bit maderized, yet the fruit was surprisingly sweet and lively, with good tannins. The maderized aroma seemed to dissipate with air and the company of food, but the changeling must have been me.
 
'03 Savagnin, Overnoy. Purchased at Caves Augé in May. Sandi and I drank this with our NYE meal of pork tenderloin and risotto Milanese. Oxidative, but not too much so. That quality was in service to the fruit notes. Simply superb wine.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
'03 Savagnin, Overnoy. Purchased at Caves Augé in May. Sandi and I drank this with our NYE meal of pork tenderloin and risotto Milanese. Oxidative, but not too much so. That quality was in service to the fruit notes. Simply superb wine.
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If oxidative, presumably not the 2003 Overnoy Savagnin ouillé 500ml, right?
 
Correct, however our wine was a 500ml.

(On further review....)

After reading other tasting notes on this, it could be the ouillé. Apparently, that wine does have oxidative notes. Is yellow wax the clue?
 
I continue to think that both the 750ml yellow wax and the 500ml yellow wax are Savagnin ouillé. I suspect the difference is the vines, not the style. Both can have oxidative notes, but as I understand it are not sous voile wines. But I can't be certain.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
I continue to think that both the 750ml yellow wax and the 500ml yellow wax are Savagnin ouillé. I suspect the difference is the vines, not the style.
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Smaller is kept longer, I feel may discrep.
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Awesome Jim Barry Clare Valley Shiraz "The Armagh" 1995. Sooooo good with prime rib. Match made in heaven.
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Is he still writing those observational humor books?
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God, I hope so. Those kept me sane during the financial crisis.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Awesome Jim Barry Clare Valley Shiraz "The Armagh" 1995. Sooooo good with prime rib. Match made in heaven.
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Is he still writing those observational humor books?
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God, I hope so. Those kept me sane during the financial crisis.
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Literary types may snub their noses, but the truth is these books help people.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
I continue to think that both the 750ml yellow wax and the 500ml yellow wax are Savagnin ouillé. I suspect the difference is the vines, not the style.
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Smaller is kept longer, I feel may discrep.
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Pretty sure this is correct. The longer aged wines are bottled in 500. Larry's 2003 spent eight years or so in barrel, I believe. The wax just tells you the cepage, not the elevage.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Awesome Jim Barry Clare Valley Shiraz "The Armagh" 1995. Sooooo good with prime rib. Match made in heaven.
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Chris, unfortunately for the rest of us, forgot that last night was a New Years Eve dinner, not April Fools.
 
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