What did you drink tonight?

Brun "Terres Dorees" 2005 Morgon - traces of blueberry, strawberry, and damp earth chase each other around my mouth, the wine is just slightly tannic yet but the solid acidity keeps everything balanced, great great wine for our French-assisted American liberty day.

Speaking of which, earlier in the day I took the ferry over to Governors Island to admire the Hermione, a replica of the Marquis de Lafayette's ship, painted in blue and gold, bedecked with flags (including the era-appropriate American flag with 15 stars), and sporting a lion holding a fleu-de-lis strewn shield.
 
De Moor Chitry 2009, from magnum:

Day 1, precise, still tight, modest fruit peering out; tastes like a good light white Burg, but hard to say whether its parsimony of fruit is a sign of age or youth.

Second day, more mineral and swamp water, sea breeze - intense petit Chablis profile with terrific tension and acidity. A wine in vigorous young maturity. Nicely understated: such elegance renews hope.

De Moor 2007 St. Bris in magnum was also a delight. Moral of the story: any time you see Chambers selling a de Moor wine in magnum, buy!
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
De Moor Chitry 2009, from magnum:

Second day, more mineral and swamp water, sea breeze - intense petit Chablis profile with terrific tension and acidity. A wine in vigorous young maturity. Nicely understated: such elegance renews hope.
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Is swamp water a positive descriptor? I confess to not having sampled enough to have an opinion myself.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
De Moor Chitry 2009, from magnum:

Second day, more mineral and swamp water, sea breeze - intense petit Chablis profile with terrific tension and acidity. A wine in vigorous young maturity. Nicely understated: such elegance renews hope.
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Is swamp water a positive descriptor? I confess to not having sampled enough to have an opinion myself.

Mark Lipton
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In my early days of winedrinking, before I embraced brett or Mourvedre, I once described a '94 Coudelet de Beaucastel as swamp thing, bagged mussels and blue green algae.
 
It's a descriptor I read once long ago meant to characterize that distinctive Chablis tangy thing, so I use it myself from time to time, because I lack the imagination to come up with something better.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Doesn't really fit any De Moor Chitry I've had; surprised especially that you seemed to perceive it in 2009.
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The key word is 'understated.' And it just begins to show on the second day, in this format.

Anyway, I have one more bottle, so maybe we can try it together at a group thing in NY at some point. I don't know if I'll have any more good caramelized Huet at that point, though :)
 
Cecchi La Mora Vermentino 2014 showed bright fruit with crisp minerality behind a floral nose that went well with a celebratory dinner at our friends' new restaurant Heritage of Sherborn which, though not fully staffed up enough yet to open the main dining room, was jammed full and as impressive as their other restaurant La Morra.
 
2011 Domaine des Pothiers L'Integrale
Structured and layered yet juicy gamay from the Cote Roannaise that was a splendid (chilled) accompaniment to a large platter of raw fish with various accompaniments for sushi rolls.

Good times.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
2011 Domaine des Pothiers L'Integrale
Structured and layered yet juicy gamay from the Cote Roannaise that was a splendid (chilled) accompaniment to a large platter of raw fish with various accompaniments for sushi rolls.

Good times.
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Love this stuff.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
St Innocent 2012 Pinot Noir "Momtazi Vineyard" - tangy, snappy, a little wild or gamy or something, a ticklish pleasure
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We went through a half-dozen 375s of the 08 over a couple of years and liked them very well.
 
2009 Foillard Côte du Py disappointed last night. The aromatics showed some "fine producer" seriousness, but were not stirring. The spices were not ecclesiatic, as they usually are, so there was no sailing to Byzantium. The fruit was, if anything, slender, as if the warmth of 2009, here, showed through the unelectric acidity rather than, as expected, any surfeit of fruit lipidity. Structurally, I suppose it was mostly a tale of expectations unmet, as seen from the number of nots.
 
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