What did you drink tonight?

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
... ravishing magnum of 1985 Dujac GC aux Combottes. No change from day one to two, just sublimity through and through. Sigh.
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This was my experience last night, only it was 2014 Pépière, and it was a bottle rather than a magnum. But dear god, what a sublime wine, both on day one and day two.
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Deuxieme jour pour la Pépière. Oh, l'humanité!
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Did this with the '14 Briords with similar results, over three days. Best day was the first one, which, for me, with Muscadet, is unusual. I normally prefer them with age or air time. But this wine was in-line right out of the bottle.
 
Yum. Another 15 yr old at peak.

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I wanted to like the Jean-Luc Mouillard Cotes du Jura Trousseau 2012 , I really did. It started out with a little too much nuttiness which faded with air, but was one note simple even after a couple hours in the glass. Neither corked nor cooked, perhaps it is in need of age. Sandlands blows it away.
 
Le P'tit Blanc de Tue-Boeuf 2013 was a crisply nice addition to Bigeye tuna tartare with avocado, purslane, coriander and citrus vinaigrette followed by line-caught swordfish with native corn, sweet peppers, fried spring onion and green olive tapenade at The Market Restaurant last night.
 
2009 Bachelet Bourgogne - giving, great pinosity, ready. I have had many Villages and 1ers that I did not enjoy as much. I poured this for a couple of mead makers, to help them understand the baseline of what one has to accomplish to be taken seriously. We all got contemplative.

2010 Castell D'Encus "Taleia", 82% Sauvignon Blanc, 18% Semillon. Costers del Segre, Pyrenees. Delicious Spanish take on a Bordeaux blanc - clean, great fruit and expansive aromatics. Unabashed summer fun. Imported by VINoVI & Co.

2010 Brittan Gestalt Block. With delmonicos. In a pretty sweet spot itself. Not quite the equal of the Bachelet, in my estimate, but it is still challenging to find pinot this satisfying without remortgaging the meadery. I wish I had bought more of this.
 
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
2009 Bachelet Bourgogne - giving, great pinosity, ready. I have had many Villages and 1ers that I did not enjoy as much. I poured this for a couple of mead makers, to help them understand the baseline of what one has to accomplish to be taken seriously. We all got contemplative.
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I have some 2008 of this somewhere. Wonder whether it's also open for business?
 
This dude's Bourgogne has no right to be as good as it is. But I guess the market is not unaware of this, as it seems to cost what others' village wines do.

Same goes for the Côtes de Nuits-Villages.
 
2005 Pride Cabernet Franc is in a nice spot at age 10, beautiful nose with dark Spring Mountain fruit that has shed its tannins and is beginning to reward patience in letting it sleep in the cellar.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
2009 Bachelet Bourgogne - giving, great pinosity, ready. I have had many Villages and 1ers that I did not enjoy as much. I poured this for a couple of mead makers, to help them understand the baseline of what one has to accomplish to be taken seriously. We all got contemplative.
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I have some 2008 of this somewhere. Wonder whether it's also open for business?
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I doubt it. Greatly.
 
originally posted by maureen:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Ken Schramm:
2009 Bachelet Bourgogne - giving, great pinosity, ready. I have had many Villages and 1ers that I did not enjoy as much. I poured this for a couple of mead makers, to help them understand the baseline of what one has to accomplish to be taken seriously. We all got contemplative.
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I have some 2008 of this somewhere. Wonder whether it's also open for business?
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I doubt it. Greatly.
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Good to know. I'll keep pushing it further and further to the back.
 
1998 Vieux Telegraphe opened on Saturday was a lovely example of older Grenache: velvety smooth with freshness to the fruit, some stony minerality and a vivid spine of acidity. No pruniness or roasted character evident, but I wouldn't hold onto this much longer unless your cellar is more glacial than mine.

Mark Lipton
 
2012 w. Schaefer GH kab!! 8% abv and 100% pleasure and deliciousness. Lime zest, slate, lemon flowers and late summer heaven. I can't stop smelling it. Except to drink it.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
Broken record player?2012 w. Schaefer GH kab!! 8% abv and 100% pleasure and deliciousness. Lime zest, slate, lemon flowers and late summer heaven. I can't stop smelling it. Except to drink it.
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Sounds fantastic, I need to pull one. Thanks for the note.
 
Julien Mareschal Domaine de la Borde Terre du Lias Arbois Pupillin Chardonnay 2012

I ran across this going through Weygandt tasting leftovers, and the memory stuck with me, so I went back and bought a bottle. Classy Chardonnay-based wine, understated, restrained, with nuance and fine detail. Inter-appellation comparisons are fatuous, but think somewhat in the direction of a very good 1er Chablis. A good find, with excellent sincerity, and I will buy more if I can find the funds.

Vissoux 2014 Rose Griottes

Just enough fruit to be annoying. Stiff acid backbone. This wine didn't work for me as a pre-dinner sipper, but was great with spaghetti, tomato sauce, and honey-chipotle sausage. Definitely a food wine; drink your Baudry rose as the aperitif.

Vissoux 2009 Fleurie Garants

Such vivacity, paired with good vinous volume, cushiony texture, and balancing fruit. Very delicious now, practically irresistible, but no rush.

Vissoux 2009 Moulin-a-Vent Trois Roches

A big wine, with plenty of fruit, acidity and body, seemingly bigger, with more depth and reserve than the Garants. Approachable because of its cossetting mouth-feel, generous aroma, and fresh acidity, I imagine it would improve risk-free with another year or three. Drink this with a red meat dish now.

Maybe it's time for a 2009 Beaujolais thread. These two wines showed very well, with no signs of squishiness or flab. I'll try to dig out a Terres Dorees and a Foillard in a couple of weeks.
 
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