What did you drink tonight?

I think it has a future. The wine has good structure and balance but most convincing is that it has a pretty good core of fruit to last some more cellar time easily.

I was wondering before opening it if it would be very tannic because of the vintage but was pleasantly surprised. It's dry and savory but not austere. Solid bottle of Bordeaux.
 
originally posted by Marc D:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
What did you drink tonight?So dead here, it's either this or a cooling unit discussion. Please use this thread to commemorate your nightly tipple. No elaborate tasting note required, just tell us what you're drinking.

Us? 2010 Mongeared-Mugneret Vosne-Romanée, easy drinking Burgundy that covers all the bases. Sometimes it's leafy and high-toned, sometimes it's spicy and warm. Lovely wine but tough to justify at $45 USD.
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Last night he brought over a bottle of 2013 Mongeared Mugneret Vosnee Romanee because he thought it would be something I would like. It was pretty darn good. More blue fruit then red but also some spice and nice balance.

Anyway I remembered the M M Vosnee Romanee was the very first wine to start this thread so I decided to post this here.

Cheers.
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Thanks to Kay and Marc. I saw some Mongeard-Mugneret VR half bottles at a very attractive price but passed on them while an remembering the obviously over-cropped M-M from c. 2002. I think I'll go back and get a few.
 
I was sending a calendar invite to an acquaintance named Joseph, and SFJoe's e-mail address popped up. I think he might have liked the Gregoletto "Sui Lieviti", a col fondo style Prosecco - bright and honest.
 
2011 Bachelet Côte de Nuits Villages 12.5%
Tons of green nosing, like 2004 run amok. Ultra herbal in the mouth as well, with a lactic finish. Dark fruit, very little pinosity. Did not soften with food. From a good source, and doesn’t seem damaged, so perplexing. Definitely not my cuppa.
 
Bojan Kobal Blaufränkisch, Ptuj, Stajerska, Slovenia, 2013

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Krug 1988, boxed and in my cellar since April 2004 (not that long after release I think - this was a gift from the Heart's Delight staff). I had this years ago at a Krug dinner just after its initial release where it was paired with the '89, which was released before. I greatly preferred the '88 which seemed to have better structure. Anyway, i opened this ar a small dinner party at my house in honor of a krug-loving friend's bday. I found it a bit oxidative altho she disagreed. Nice but not worth the current tariff IMHO but then I am not a huge bubbles fan (except for gerolsteiner).

Followed by 2010 Rhys Alpine chardonnay, which was just delightful. Nutty but fresh.

Then a pair of NSG 02 (thanks for the suggestion, Claude). Chevillon Cailles, a crowdpleaser and a lovely drink in a great place but perhaps a tiny bit bested (to my taste but two guests disagreed) by the Grivot Boudots, which is just always terrific. Here it showed just a tad brighter which is why i gave it the nod. Both decanted about three hours prior and left in the cellar at 58 degrees until just before serving.
 
Somewhere above are the names of Luc and Lise Pavelot. I know of two Pavelots in Pernand-Vergelesses: Jean-Marc, now run by scion Hugues using lutte raisonée, is the better known; there is also Régis, run since the 90s by son and daughter Luc and Lise (certified organic since 2009).

On successive nights this week we delved modestly into the latter with a pair of village level Aloxe-Cortons: 2012 Domaine Luc et Lise Pavelot Aloxe-Corton 13.0% and 2010 Domaine Luc et Lise Pavelot Aloxe-Corton La Combe 13.0%. Both had relatively straightforward cherry aromas, the second a little more complex, with no sign of intracelular. Burgundy Report says they destem fully, except in ripe years, like 2009, when they included 15%. Both were balanced, with decent acidity and texture, and zero defects (they must use SO2, ha). Before food both seemed correct, but rather charmless.

What made me want to write about them is that, first, both blossomed spectacularly with food, turning into swans. The synergy made them vanish, more eloquent than any mental evaluation. Second, the complete absence of process clues (stems, intracelular, oak flavoring, oak emollience) or defects (volatility, brett, mouse) made them seem pure and unaffected, as if the relatively modest village-level soil and climate of Aloxe-Corton was showing itself here as it should, relatively modestly.

And the relief of finding neither oak nor v.a. was priceless.
 
Moonshines ago (2014 it was, per this threadcount) I waxed about the 2013 edition of Andy Knauss’s Trollinger “Without All”, but a taste of its current successor, the 2018 Trollinger Pure, was underwhelming at a recent natural wine fair in Lisbon. I preferred its brother, the 2018 Red Pure, a blend of Zweigelt and Lemberger. A local shop had some 2017 Trollinger and 2018 Red, so we tried both at home on successive evenings.

Unlike the 2018, at least in the domestic context, the 2017 Trollinger Pure (under screwcap, yay) was absolutely delightful, bringing back memories of the 2013 Without All. Spicy light red fruits without bubblegum, straightforward but balanced and savory, ideal in its supporting role for food. Went down crazy fast and required all my protestant willpower not to open a second bottle. In contrast, the 2018 Red was more serious, also savory and balanced, but less gluggable, with a hint of quasi-volatility in the piquant acidity. Trollinger for the win.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

. . . required all my protestant willpower not to open a second bottle.
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Um, really? I had had no idea that the Reformation had made any inroads into New Lusitania.
 
originally posted by mark e:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

. . . required all my protestant willpower not to open a second bottle.
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Um, really? I had had no idea that the Reformation had made any inroads into New Lusitania.
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It made significant inroads into the English public school system and the professional life of the Anglo-Saxon world.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
2010 Maryline et Christophe Billon Côte-Rôtie Les Elotins, weighing in at 13%, failed to please last night, and was all the more disappointing for being a Lyle import, something of import. Smelled like a ton of bricks of new wood and was velveen slick like a con man on a retiree cruise. Had I tasted this blind, I wudda been blindsighted and wudda sworn new world. So it goes.
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Having totally forgotten about this, I recently picked up a 2005 at auction. So, six years later we drank a wine from five year earlier, and thanks to either the rule of 15 or a change of style, the experience was as positive as the above was negative.
 
hot dogs with 2018 dolcetto d'alba tonight.
it's the kosher spicy brown mustard and cherry tomatoes on the side that really make the pairing work.
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
hot dogs with 2018 dolcetto d'alba tonight.
it's the kosher spicy brown mustard and cherry tomatoes on the side that really make the pairing work.
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The goyishe works just as well, no?
 
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