What did you drink tonight?

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Lopez de Herdia Vina Gravonia Crianza 2004 is just wow. Woodsy mushroom nose, saline on the lips, bright fruit, seamless and delicious.

They have a great website: http://www.lopezdeheredia.com/english/vinos/gravonia.html
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In the summer of 2012, the 2000 vintage of this won the prestigious annual dotsman household award for best white wine with food. Next to buckwheat, grilled garlic shrimp with chorizo tapas became the most popular breakfast item, as a result.

Did I mention I love Gravonia?
 
The Regulating Council is surely excellent [E].

[EDITED TO ADD] It's hard to imagine anyone going out of his way to drink less than excellent wines?

. . . . Pete
 
Oh, I don't know. For example, I think all who were at the Trestle dinner with Trung would say we did just that with respect to the '98 Chateau d'Ampuis.
 
G.D. Vajra 2010 Freisa "Kye" -
Not corked.
Day 1: dull dark red, no purple, nearly opaque; potently fragrant, a winey smell, no torrefaction; the palate starts out as if it's going to knock you down but it goes all cherry and pomegranate and a little medicinal and it lifts up to soar into your nose instead of your throat; gee, and that's with only 4 hours of aeration!
Day 4: tannins have gone gritty and the wine is once again acting in a menacing manner; not much fun to drink now but I think there's promise here; hold
an earlier conversation about this wine (scroll down a bit)
 
Domaine de la Mordoree 2011 Tavel La Dame Rouse Rose was vibrant and floral yet structured and played well with salad Lyonnaise, while Couly-Dutheil 2010 Chinon was closed for business initially but came around with a decant and Maudes Liquor Bar's outstanding cassoulet (as well as my dinner partners' foie gras and roast pork shoulder). Malvira 2012 Roero Arneis and Lopes de Heredia 2006 Vina Tondonia Rioja were outstanding the night before with assorted preparations of swine at the Purple Pig.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
Who makes great Pernand besides Rollin and Briailles these days?
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I quite like Dubreuil-Fontaine in PV (and Corton and SLB too), but, Rollin and Briailles are certainly hors classe in rgard to the appellation. Jeff's right: Jadot's Croix de la Perriere is PDG, in both colors. Pavelot used to make PV 1er Les Vergelesses, but the wine was never stellar. Rapet is decent, I think. I can never make up my mind about them!
originally posted by .sasha:
Speaking of, I went to a comprehensive pouring of 2011s from Chandon de Briailles at Gordon's last week. A couple of observations.
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Thanks for coming!
originally posted by .sasha:
Another item worth pondering is that the wines *tasted* like they had less sulfur than in previous vintages, and I think CdB have been below average to begin with. I need to confirm this; I am going by what they tasted like. But this makes for nicely approachable young juice in a vintage like 2011 - particularly the village Pernand-Vergelesses which, unless I am mistaken, isn't typically brought in to either New York or Boston.
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Right on all fronts. Sulfur has been reduced at bottling and the PV Village is not typically imported. According to Hugh, the PV AC we sold was new to the Boston market in 2011. And, yes, Sasha is right: the PVs generally showed beautifully, especially the AC PV!

Cheers!
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
I missed it! Why didn't anyone tell me when it was in?

You people are dead to me.
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Jay, Chambers Street has a few bottles of 2012 L'Arpent Rouge.
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Huh. It wasn't on their website a week or so ago so I ended up ordering it from Union Square Wines.
 
originally posted by Ian Halbert:

originally posted by .sasha:
Another item worth pondering is that the wines *tasted* like they had less sulfur than in previous vintages, and I think CdB have been below average to begin with. I need to confirm this; I am going by what they tasted like. But this makes for nicely approachable young juice in a vintage like 2011 - particularly the village Pernand-Vergelesses which, unless I am mistaken, isn't typically brought in to either New York or Boston.
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Right on all fronts. Sulfur has been reduced at bottling and the PV Village is not typically imported. According to Hugh, the PV AC we sold was new to the Boston market in 2011. And, yes, Sasha is right: the PVs generally showed beautifully, especially the AC PV!
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Ian! Someone should officially welcome you here, but I won't be the one to do it, as I fear that a traditional WD welcome will not play out nicely with my Burgundy allocation :)

I should add that I was drawing a general comparison between the wines of PV and Savigny on this occasion, only. The three reds from Corton were classy, impressive but very, very tight at this stage.
 
2012 Weiser-Kunstler Enkircher Ellergrub Kabinett - dynamite. In general I love the wines from this small producer, especially the Kabinetts. This has a wild and joyous character. Drink.

2005 Coulet Cornas Les Terrasses du Serre - young, impressive, needs time. Clenched tight at first, but with lots of air it becomes more generous, wild, enticing. Still tannic and fuzzy on the end. It's my fault, no one's ever heard of the Rule of Nine, amirite?
 
originally posted by Ian Halbert:
Pernand, Briailles, Etc.
originally posted by .sasha:
Who makes great Pernand besides Rollin and Briailles these days?
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I quite like Dubreuil-Fontaine in PV (and Corton and SLB too), but, Rollin and Briailles are certainly hors classe in rgard to the appellation. Jeff's right: Jadot's Croix de la Perriere is PDG, in both colors. Pavelot used to make PV 1er Les Vergelesses, but the wine was never stellar. Rapet is decent, I think. I can never make up my mind about them!
originally posted by .sasha:
Speaking of, I went to a comprehensive pouring of 2011s from Chandon de Briailles at Gordon's last week. A couple of observations.
Click to expand...
Thanks for coming!
originally posted by .sasha:
Another item worth pondering is that the wines *tasted* like they had less sulfur than in previous vintages, and I think CdB have been below average to begin with. I need to confirm this; I am going by what they tasted like. But this makes for nicely approachable young juice in a vintage like 2011 - particularly the village Pernand-Vergelesses which, unless I am mistaken, isn't typically brought in to either New York or Boston.
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Right on all fronts. Sulfur has been reduced at bottling and the PV Village is not typically imported. According to Hugh, the PV AC we sold was new to the Boston market in 2011. And, yes, Sasha is right: the PVs generally showed beautifully, especially the AC PV!

Cheers!
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Actually, the 06 pavelot pv les v. is quite excellent. At least the first four bottles of it i have drunk were excellent. So fuck you, Ian.

That's the official welcome.
 
I think, in a fit of pique at smarmy welcomes on other boards, I first plumped for fuck you. Others have shown discomfort with it and I too now think it has, so to speak, worn out its welcome, since it needs to be excused and some people, out of lack of awareness, understandably get offended when someone so welcomes them. Maybe it should be replaced with something blander like "On behalf of the Politburo, you are officially welcomed to this People's Republic!" which is semantically a welcome but still sufficiently threatening.
 
originally posted by maureen:
originally posted by Ian Halbert:
Pernand, Briailles, Etc.
originally posted by .sasha:
Who makes great Pernand besides Rollin and Briailles these days?
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I quite like Dubreuil-Fontaine in PV (and Corton and SLB too), but, Rollin and Briailles are certainly hors classe in rgard to the appellation. Jeff's right: Jadot's Croix de la Perriere is PDG, in both colors. Pavelot used to make PV 1er Les Vergelesses, but the wine was never stellar. Rapet is decent, I think. I can never make up my mind about them!
originally posted by .sasha:
Speaking of, I went to a comprehensive pouring of 2011s from Chandon de Briailles at Gordon's last week. A couple of observations.
Click to expand...
Thanks for coming!
originally posted by .sasha:
Another item worth pondering is that the wines *tasted* like they had less sulfur than in previous vintages, and I think CdB have been below average to begin with. I need to confirm this; I am going by what they tasted like. But this makes for nicely approachable young juice in a vintage like 2011 - particularly the village Pernand-Vergelesses which, unless I am mistaken, isn't typically brought in to either New York or Boston.
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Right on all fronts. Sulfur has been reduced at bottling and the PV Village is not typically imported. According to Hugh, the PV AC we sold was new to the Boston market in 2011. And, yes, Sasha is right: the PVs generally showed beautifully, especially the AC PV!

Cheers!
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Actually, the 06 pavelot pv les v. is quite excellent. At least the first four bottles of it i have drunk were excellent. So fuck you, Ian.

That's the official welcome.
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i've enjoyed my pavelots too. always were reasonably priced for the quality. i have a handful sleeping in the cellar.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
I think, in a fit of pique at smarmy welcomes on other boards, I first plumped for fuck you. Others have shown discomfort with it and I too now think it has, so to speak, worn out its welcome, since it needs to be excused and some people, out of lack of awareness, understandably get offended when someone so welcomes them. Maybe it should be replaced with something blander like "On behalf of the Politburo, you are officially welcomed to this People's Republic!" which is semantically a welcome but still sufficiently threatening.
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let a hundred flowers bloom.

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originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
I think, in a fit of pique at smarmy welcomes on other boards, I first plumped for fuck you. Others have shown discomfort with it and I too now think it has, so to speak, worn out its welcome, since it needs to be excused and some people, out of lack of awareness, understandably get offended when someone so welcomes them. Maybe it should be replaced with something blander like "On behalf of the Politburo, you are officially welcomed to this People's Republic!" which is semantically a welcome but still sufficiently threatening.
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I think, ideally, the greeting would capture something of the flavor of the initial "interview" that one had with the Inquisition: they showed you the tools of the trade -- thumbscrews, manacles, weights, the rack, etc. -- and then verified that you still stand by your position.
 
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