What did you drink tonight?

I was very close to opening a 2005 Vollenweider Auslese tonight, wondering if it had started to shed that fat. But sounds like I made a good decision to keep waiting.

And instead I stuck with the 2011 Syrah theme. A lovely decanted bottle of ESJ Fenaughty, open warm and luscious. And then a couple of bottles of Texier St Alban. Recognizable, rich, fresh, lovely.
 
I found a lone bottle of 98 Cru de Coudelet, that somehow got lost. I figured I'd try it, without a lot of hope that a 16 year old CdR (even Beaucastel's) would still be alive. The first sip I pour to test to see if it's corked revealed a wine that showed age but was still drinkable. The first glass, about an hour later, had somehow gone through the fountain of youth. It still was a mature wine, but a much more vibrant one. The rest of the bottle stayed there, never showing any signs of sliding down the hill. I've had more than one 98 CdP since the mid aughts that were victims of progeria. I wonder if more recent Beaucastel Coudelets will do as well.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
And then a couple of bottles of Texier St Alban. Recognizable, rich, fresh, lovely.
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Pergaud. And I was pleasantly surprised at last night's showing. I loved it in the spring but thought it was shutting down toward the end of the summer. I opened it last night because it was a good fit for my guests and was pleasantly surprised to find it such a good fit for me as well.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
And then a couple of bottles of Texier St Alban. Recognizable, rich, fresh, lovely.
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Which one?
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Pergaud. And I was pleasantly surprised at last night's showing. I loved it in the spring but thought it was shutting down toward the end of the summer. I opened it last night because it was a good fit for my guests and was pleasantly surprised to find it such a good fit for me as well.
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Vintage?
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
And then a couple of bottles of Texier St Alban. Recognizable, rich, fresh, lovely.
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Which one?
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Pergaud. And I was pleasantly surprised at last night's showing. I loved it in the spring but thought it was shutting down toward the end of the summer. I opened it last night because it was a good fit for my guests and was pleasantly surprised to find it such a good fit for me as well.
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Vintage?
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"...2011 syrah theme" a guess.
 
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
And then a couple of bottles of Texier St Alban. Recognizable, rich, fresh, lovely.
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Which one?
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Pergaud. And I was pleasantly surprised at last night's showing. I loved it in the spring but thought it was shutting down toward the end of the summer. I opened it last night because it was a good fit for my guests and was pleasantly surprised to find it such a good fit for me as well.
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Vintage?
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"...2011 syrah theme" a guess.
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Of course, thanks. In June we opened one of these and it went really fast.
 
The rest of the bottle of 08 Scarpa Nebbiolo d'Alba Bric du Nota. A wine with resident angels and devils. Mesmerizingly pure Nebbiolo for the first 45 minutes(yesterday), then a slowly emerging taint of satanic sulfur. Recork. Today back to charming, though not as soul-catching.

Really, really wanted to like the 05 Ch. Soucherie Anjou (blanc). Tough as nails. Something good in there. Honeycrisp apples. But, alas, too much bitter medicinal herb, at this point. The vinegar mother in the chenin jar can chew on it for a while.

'10 Massa Derthona was a voyage of discovery. Timorasso. Hmmm. D'Agata (new book)says it tastes like dry Nahe Riesling. I get it. Maybe power of suggestion. But it made me recall the note I once wrote about an early aughts (2000?) Vajra Langhe bianco. Like a hypothetical Niederhauser Hermannshohle Kabinett Trocken. Some magical Piemonte terrior connection with the middle Nahe? There is some earthy, vaguely bloody nuance; like freshly butchered beef. Remember David S.'s note about NH years ago, Maureen? Ok, TMI.
 
Puzelat Bonhomme's 2011 Touraine Pinot Noir 13% and 2012 La Tesnière Pineau d'Aunis 12% on consecutive florid nights, both lithe and graceful, the Pineau somewhat bitter at first, but the sensation declined with food. Both aromatically wonderful.
 
I haven't yet come to understand all the details. But the ' 09 Le Clos (100% Pinot ) last night was gorgeous. Light but strong and tensile. Utterly beautiful.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
Anyone following the Anne & JF Ganevat negociant story?I haven't yet come to understand all the details.
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Nice little schnook article here. The 'why' given is: Ces deux cuvées sont les premières références du tout nouveau négoce d'Anne (sa sur) et Jean-François Ganevat, mis en place suite aux catastrophiques millésimes 2012 et 2013 (en terme de rendement). Afin de satisfaire ses clients et ne pas voir chuter son chiffre d'affaires il proposera à ses clients des vins de différentes régions françaises : Beaujolais (où il possède 1.5 ha de vignes en Fleurie, Brouilly et Morgon), Savoie, et, s'il trouve une bonne source d'approvisionnement, Alsace.
 
Yes. Thanks. That corresponds to other things I've seen and been told. Including other refernces to the idea that the negoce business is just re Beaujolais and Savoie. But what of these Jura bottlings (Le clos, ste cyecle, en barby, etc.)? (The ste Cecile is trousseau and Pinot blend and is also very nice; pretty hard to keep in the bottle. )
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Afin de satisfaire ses clients et ne pas voir chuter son chiffre d'affaires il proposera à ses clients des vins de différentes régions françaises : Beaujolais (où il possède 1.5 ha de vignes en Fleurie, Brouilly et Morgon), Savoie, et, s'il trouve une bonne source d'approvisionnement, Alsace.
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What would Zylberberg say?
 
originally posted by fatboy:
pearl morissette cuvée lpr 13. cab franc saignée with a bit of chard and gamay, unsulphured and generally unfucked with. lithe and lively in the mouth, this has an appealing bitter twist in the finish. for me, an honest rose / light red that one can drink by the bathload without having to worry that one will hear that it tried to fingerbang someone in the cab on the way home afterwards.

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this is why I employed my own transportation for a Selection Massale tasting in east village last night. Can you picture me trying to escape that neighborhood in a cab, having acquainted myself with some of their wines?
 
originally posted by fatboy:
pearl morissette cuvée lpr 13. cab franc saignée with a bit of chard and gamay, unsulphured and generally unfucked with. lithe and lively in the mouth, this has an appealing bitter twist in the finish. for me, an honest rose / light red that one can drink by the bathload without having to worry that one will hear that it tried to fingerbang someone in the cab on the way home afterwards.

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this is why I employed my own transportation for a Selection Massale tasting in east village last night. Can you picture me trying to escape that neighborhood in a cab, having acquainted myself with some of their wines?
 
Texier CdR St.-Julian-en-St.-Alban Vieille Serine Domaine de Pergaud

Good, vibrant energy; lighter than I'd expect in syrah, probably reflecting my limited experience with suchlike varietals. Emptied the bottle over three days, and the last glass, imbibed cold, was very good. I'm tempted to say you can see Gourgonnier's influence on Eric in these wines: there's a similar light touch and elegance about them. Did I mention good energy?
 
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