scottreiner
scott reiner
Ceritas seems to be one of the wines doing it right.
Now, I'm curious as to the 'unusual place'....
Now, I'm curious as to the 'unusual place'....
What did you drink tonight?
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Kay Bixler
Kay Bixler
2013 Thomas-Labaille Sancerre Rosé l'Authentique is beautiful, lightly lactic, red fruited, stoney and crisp. Great with a big piece of fish smothered in Kansas morels and ramps. Reminds me how much I miss Dressner.
2009 Gilbert Picq Chablis 1er Vosgros recently plucked from a store in a strip mall for $23 and miraculously it wasn't cooked. Lovely chardonnay, pretty much ready to go. Mushrooms, honey, yellow fruit and seashells. Paired with some 4-year-old cheddar.
From the same store: 2004 Paul Pernot Borgogne had cherry fruit and some warmth. Not complex or anything but doing well at age 10. A nice aged pinot.
2009 Gilbert Picq Chablis 1er Vosgros recently plucked from a store in a strip mall for $23 and miraculously it wasn't cooked. Lovely chardonnay, pretty much ready to go. Mushrooms, honey, yellow fruit and seashells. Paired with some 4-year-old cheddar.
From the same store: 2004 Paul Pernot Borgogne had cherry fruit and some warmth. Not complex or anything but doing well at age 10. A nice aged pinot.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
I didn't put too much faith in the variety name; fwiw, I've found a post by the vigneron elsewhere, writing that that this is "true" gamay noir. I've liked CGT's rieslings in the past and was intrigued by this sub-13% red. I had a nasty headache the next morning, though, and it tasted muddy, unappealing that night.
In any event, this wine did not taste like Pinot.
2011 Arena- Patrimnino Carco. Alright, I guess. I know there are big fans of the estate and I enjoyed selling it when I worked with the Kermit book, but vermentino just doesn't do much for me. I would've preferred more snap and zing to the wine.
1989 Domaine des Galluches- Bourgueil "Cuvee Ronsard." Even better than a bottle tried a year ago. Shows nice red fruit with good crunch and earth notes, secondary development with the herbal notes more in the tobacco realm.
1989 Domaine des Galluches- Bourgueil "Cuvee Ronsard." Even better than a bottle tried a year ago. Shows nice red fruit with good crunch and earth notes, secondary development with the herbal notes more in the tobacco realm.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Brun 2006 Morgon shows oxidative notes for the first hour, which makes me very nervous. But now the fruit is coming up and it's sweet with fine tannins and good acidity. Will go nicely with the Cornish hens and Hen of the Woods coming out of the oven soon.
ETA: Yes. Last glass was the best, too.
ETA: Yes. Last glass was the best, too.
kirk wallace
kirk wallace
A rare Saturday impromptu dinner for 4. The bereche was great. The '05 collier almost as much so. The '99 hochrain was beautiful but too young. The Ganevat was '08 and, said goldilocks! was just right. The '03 I've posted about before. I am happy to have 6 left.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
I think you should try one, especially with your preferences as to age.... Pretty wine.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Lassaigne Le Cotet last night, disgorged, I believe, in March 2013 (so backdating made probably in '10?) was snappy and rich, both. It was great with air. It was great tout court.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
He likes twins? The dog.
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playing teh continuo we have 2013 christian ducroux exspectatia (the artist formerly known as regnie -- bless those whacky guys at teh aoc). cool, snappy, savoury and exquisitely detailed, this cat plays all night and barely breaks a sweat. it puts me in mind of a finer, more delicate and detailed crb gamay (something to do with a shared fennel topnote?). 11.5% and nary a gob in sight.
helmut dolde's 2013 silvaner, alte reben is a very musical, unfussy soloist. 13 was a hard year in swabia (there is no silvaner from the brauner jura), but, as a gentle reminder of why you don't drink pinots from provence, in the right hands, it is indescribably fine. salt, limes and cream. only good. from 40 odd year old vines on a mixture of kimmeridgian chalk and other jurassic shit found and grown at an improbably high altitude. there isn't a single bottle of chablis on the planet i'd swap for this.
too bad it's a leprechaun.
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helmut dolde's 2013 silvaner, alte reben is a very musical, unfussy soloist. 13 was a hard year in swabia (there is no silvaner from the brauner jura), but, as a gentle reminder of why you don't drink pinots from provence, in the right hands, it is indescribably fine. salt, limes and cream. only good. from 40 odd year old vines on a mixture of kimmeridgian chalk and other jurassic shit found and grown at an improbably high altitude. there isn't a single bottle of chablis on the planet i'd swap for this.
too bad it's a leprechaun.
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Bill Lundstrom
Bill Lundstrom
Karine Lauverjat Sancerre Rose, terrific. Buy this if you see it. Dry, mineral, a bit sappy even. Great cut. Just lovely rose.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
2008 Chave Saint-Joseph was a bit reticent olfactorywise, but the gullet was quite lovely. Salil mentioned oak in a CT review from 2012, but it's all gone.
Some of you (Sasha?) might recall my disillusionment with Pinot Gris as a grape. Holger Koch's Grauburgunder was put forth as a counterexample of the genre. Tonight, with braised pork tenderloin, we opened the 2011 Holger Koch Grauburgunder*** which, as advertised, was light and lithe, quite enjoyable with no honeyed heaviness about it. And yet... we found that the lack of aromaticity characteristic of this grape tempers our enthusiasm. Given a choice, I'll take Pinot Blanc hands down, so we'll broach his Weissburgunder in due time.
Mark Lipton
Mark Lipton
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Is this the Domaine bottling? There used to be two - Domaine and Offerus, but I hear there are even more now.
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They took me to Brooklyn, tied me down and forced this on me.
You know who they are.
It was impressive.
But then they made a mistake of following up with Aligote from Guy Bussiere
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11 was a hot vintage in darkest swabia. the wines have flesh, but in comparison to 10, 12 and especially 13, they are far less aromatically interesting in their youth. a couple of years on from the vintage, many of them -- especially more powerful wines like this *** -- are also closed, as it was when i had it in new york three weeks ago (jochen beurer's 11 schilfsandstein, which had been tight from day 1, otoh, showed shockingly well -- who knew?).
if it's the 12 scheibenhardt wb you have, your nose will be far more rewarded. as you drink it, reflect that i forgot to buy any for myself, and now have to travel 5000 miles to do so. i'm told it adds to the experience.
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Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Yes, the domaine bottling. Out of prejudice, have been avoiding the Offerus, though perhaps I shouldn't.