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Also, a 1996 Huet Le Mont Sec was tired last night. I acquired it recently and suspect poor storage.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
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Also, a 1996 Huet Le Mont Sec was tired last night. I acquired it recently and suspect poor storage.
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Tired or highly oxidative?
This is one unusual Sec from Huet. Last bottle seemed both old and yet powerful and long at the same time, and then got better and better; ended up drinking it over 4 days.
 
Azienda Agricola COS, Classico Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2005 from magnum. Paired well with cassoulet. Drinking quite well and I believe it has the structure to keep going for awhile.

Domaine de Montbourgeau, L'Etoile - Chardonnay - Savagnin Blend 2008. At least that's what Delectable is telling me and that's how I remember it tasting. Just a wonderful wine that paired very well with the cheese course.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
Tired or highly oxidative?
This is one unusual Sec from Huet. Last bottle seemed both old and yet powerful and long at the same time, and then got better and better; ended up drinking it over 4 days.
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You're right, my words were not very precise. I found it both tired and oxidative: no energy or zip, combined with lots of apple cider flavors. I had actually opened it Saturday, tasted it, decided not to serve it, put it back in the fridge, and tried it again on Sunday when I didn't have guests to worry about. No improvement. Really no change at all.

The experience did not mirror the prior few bottles of this I have had (including one from your stash a couple of years ago, which was much better), so I think it was an off bottle.
 
A handful of recent wines:

1990 Nikolaihof Vinothek - a great wine but not a great showing. It opened with a corky note that went away, but intense petrol never did. Hold for better days.

1997 Beaucastel Roussanne v.v. - Deep bronze, did not look promising but was beautiful. A great showing. Yes, there was a hint of oxidation, but nothing like what the color suggested. It was long, deep, and complex.

2007 Lafarge Ducs - A great showing. Slim and intense.

2008 Foillard Py - More mature than I would have thought. Autumnal.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Wow, surprised you'd open a Lafarge Ducs so soon, glad you were rewarded.
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I don't drink a lot of them but 2007 Volnays have been drinking remarkably well for quite some time now.
 
Indeed, but since the Ducs is second only to the Chenes in the Lafarge stable in terms of structure, I would have thought not this one.
 
It's no blowzy wallflower by any stretch. There is structure, but it is not overwhelming. I often find Lafarge blocky and impenetrable, even with quite a bit of age, but not this one.
 
2012 Broc Vine Starr zinfandel. Listed at 12.7% and unlike any zinfandel I can name. Lithe, snappy, red fruited and slightly brambly. I treat it like a glou glou wine, which is what I think Chris has in mind. Was delicious with food.
 
originally posted by VLM:
2012 Broc Vine Starr zinfandel. Listed at 12.7% and unlike any zinfandel I can name. Lithe, snappy, red fruited and slightly brambly. I treat it like a glou glou wine, which is what I think Chris has in mind. Was delicious with food.
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Thanks Nathan! Sounds like one I got to try...Everett
 
originally posted by VLM:
2012 Broc Vine Starr zinfandel. Listed at 12.7% and unlike any zinfandel I can name. Lithe, snappy, red fruited and slightly brambly. I treat it like a glou glou wine, which is what I think Chris has in mind. Was delicious with food.
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i kind of liked this. and i like chris. but it was short, and less good with food than on its own. fwiw, the enf terr from dasche cellars still delivers far more what i look for in a real zin from cali.

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'01 ESJ Los Robles Viejos was in very fine form the other night - perfumed, a little cheery from the grenache, but otherwise savoury goodness.

'07 Barthod Bon Batons. Found this lurking on the list at a local boite last week. It gained a lot of weight over the course of 90 minutes or so, but was delicious right out of the gate. No worries about drinking it now, IMHO.

And, to celebrate two Canadian golds in hockey - '07 Blue Mountain Reserve Pinot Noir (Okanagan). Fine enough but the oak rather stuck out, which has been a common experience with the "striped" label wines from these folks. I have had much better luck with the basic offerings.
 
A nice dinner with friends last night.

'01 Chapoutier- Hermitage Blanc, "De L'Oree"- Not my style with all the oak, butterscotch and relatively low acidity, but others greatly enjoyed it.

'82 Paternina- Rioja Gran Reserva- Too much eucalyptus for me and, personally, I think their best days were around '70 and older, but some had this as their wine of the night and there was an enjoyable cigar ashy character to it.

'91 LDh- Bosconia Gran Reserva- Quite tasty and a very solid showing. I still haven't had one taste as good as the bottle Gilman opened at his place on release.

'52 CVNE- Rioja Reserva Especiale- maderized.

'59 Palacios- Rioja Reserva Especiale Glorioso- corked.

'90 Pegau- CDP Reservee- Gorgeous. Terrific fruit, garrigue and nicely balanced. My WOTN.

'95 Beaucastel- CDP- A beautiful showing here with good fruit and just a touch of drying on the finish. This wine seems to come in two flavors. Nice showings like this, or rather dried out.

'94 Guigal- Cote-Rotie La Mouline- Nota t all what I look for from Cote-Rotie. There's plenty of sweet blue fruit, white pepper and violets, but no real rusticity and there's more oak and creaminess to the texture than I prefer.

'99 Cavallotto- Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe- Still a bit of a punch in the mouth with the tannins, but this is a gorgeous wine.
 
At our cull party on Saturday, a side-by-side of 2000 Ch. de Beaucastel and 2000 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel. Many felt that the two were so different, but to me the striking thing was their similarities. The Beaucastel was shockingly forward for this producer and the Tablas Creek's fruit, while brightly Californian, wasn't that different from its French sibling's. Only a little bit of meaty goodness in the Beaucastel, and little secondary character.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:

'91 LDh- Bosconia Gran Reserva- Quite tasty and a very solid showing. I still haven't had one taste as good as the bottle Gilman opened at his place on release.
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That bottle was so good (and better than others tried since) that it makes one suspect in retrospect that it could have been a special cuvee for the reviewer. Hmmmmm.
 
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