And now a few words from our...

[Jeff Grossman]

...vignerons:

Julien Pinon brought one bottle of the 2013 cuvee to the Attack. There is not enough wine for separate bottlings. It is young and zingy, of course. He was pouring the 2011s for the crowd; the "Argiles" has nearly twice the RS of the "Silex".

Mathieu Baudry says the 2005 and 2006 "Croix Boisees" are shut down tight; decant well if you attempt them. On the other hand, both the 2007 and the 2009 are open for business; 2007 is his Dad's current go-to wine.

Martin Texier is eager to reduce the amount of sulfur in the domaine's wines. The "Anahi" is no sulfur.

Franck Peillot offers a really sturdy, structured 2012 Mondeuse. It needs years, he says, and the 2013 is fresher. The oldest vintage he drinks regularly is 2004. He does have wine from 1947, made by his grandfather, but he says it is just a memento, not drinkable.

Silvio Messana loves magnums but finds the market for them to be unpredictable.

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The event is smaller this year because many domaines have little wine to sell.

 

[Jay Miller]

So sorry to miss this, especially given the last sentence.

 

[Robert Dentice]

I thought the Knebel and Immich Batterieberg wines were excellent.

I also really liked the La Stoppa Cuvee Buster.

 

[Marc Hanes]

At the David Bowler tasting, the La Stoppa wines were very good, including that Cuvee Buster (liked the 2012 Trebbiolo and 2007 Macchiona too). Really loved the 2001 Pinon Silex Noir. Not sure what they poured on Saturday but at the DB tasting the Tue-Boeuf wines showed nicely too as did the 2013 Bonhomme wines. From Zelige-Caravent the 2012 "Ikebana" and 2011 "Manouches Rouge" were good but could not locate either on Wine-Searcher for subsequent purchase.

As always, a pleasure and honor to taste the LDM wines and my thanks to LDM and DB for bringing these wines to the people. Wish them all continued luck throughout 2014.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Robert Dentice:

I thought the Knebel and Immich Batterieberg wines were excellent.

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

I wish we could figure out a way to sell more of those wines.

 

[VLM]

The 2006 Croix Boissé is indeed shut down hard. The 2007 and 2008 have both shown well recently.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Marc Hanes:
From Zelige-Caravent the 2012 "Ikebana" and 2011 "Manouches Rouge" were good but could not locate either on Wine-Searcher for subsequent purchase.

I enjoyed these as well, but they hit a bit of a tough spot, they would retail somewhere around $26-29. Fucking euro, why is it still so over-valued?

 

[Brian C]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by Robert Dentice:

I thought the Knebel and Immich Batterieberg wines were excellent.

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

I wish we could figure out a way to sell more of those wines.

Their CAI is one of the most delicious inexpensive rieslings I've come accross.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by VLM:

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

we could not see Gernot on this trip ( as he was obviously in NYC ), but he dropped off three bottles at a friendly neighbourhood estate for us to try - '12 CAI, '12 Escheburg and '12 Enkircher Batterieberg; all very good.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by Robert Dentice:

I thought the Knebel and Immich Batterieberg wines were excellent.

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

The Knebel wines didn't do it for me. There were good wines at Clemens Busch and Koehler-Ruprecht but the Immich-Batterieberg (esp. the Ellergrub) were great.

Completely agree on the entry-level CAI.

 

[robert ames]

anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

 

[VLM]

originally posted by robert ames:
anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

Yes, mark e. had a bottle off the list at Rue Cler and gave me a taste, it was fantastic, but he had the rest, so could say more.

 

[mark e]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by robert ames:
anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

Yes, mark e. had a bottle off the list at Rue Cler and gave me a taste, it was fantastic, but he had the rest, so could say more.

It was great. I will say that I don't like wines without "fruit"; the 2005 - right now, at least - has that perfect balance of fruit, mineral character, somewhat softer tannins and very complex aromas.

The 2011 might be better, but not right now.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

The Knebel wines didn't do it for me. There were good wines at Clemens Busch and Koehler-Ruprecht but the Immich-Batterieberg (esp. the Ellergrub) were great.

Completely agree on the entry-level CAI.

what vintage(s) from I-B, the '12 ?

 

[Robert Dentice]

originally posted by .sasha:

originally posted by VLM:

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

we could not see Gernot on this trip ( as he was obviously in NYC ), but he dropped off three bottles at a friendly neighbourhood estate for us to try - '12 CAI, '12 Escheburg and '12 Enkircher Batterieberg; all very good.

Do you know anything about his new Chardonnay project?

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Robert Dentice:

originally posted by .sasha:

originally posted by VLM:

This. I found the German wines to be excellent all around. The Immich were particularly precise and lovely.

we could not see Gernot on this trip ( as he was obviously in NYC ), but he dropped off three bottles at a friendly neighbourhood estate for us to try - '12 CAI, '12 Escheburg and '12 Enkircher Batterieberg; all very good.

Do you know anything about his new Chardonnay project?

Not a thing, as he wasn't there to tell us.

But I encourage introduction of late ripening varieties for blending purposes :-)

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by .sasha:

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

The Knebel wines didn't do it for me. There were good wines at Clemens Busch and Koehler-Ruprecht but the Immich-Batterieberg (esp. the Ellergrub) were great.

Completely agree on the entry-level CAI.

what vintage(s) from I-B, the '12 ?

All 2011 were poured, except for the 08 Brut Zero.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by mark e:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by robert ames:
anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

Yes, mark e. had a bottle off the list at Rue Cler and gave me a taste, it was fantastic, but he had the rest, so could say more.

It was great. I will say that I don't like wines without "fruit"; the 2005 - right now, at least - has that perfect balance of fruit, mineral character, somewhat softer tannins and very complex aromas.

The 2011 might be better, but not right now.

I agree with all that mark e writes here. I'm not sure where '11 fits into the sphere of modern vintages. I think it is probably more like 2006 than 2005.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by mark e:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by robert ames:
anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

Yes, mark e. had a bottle off the list at Rue Cler and gave me a taste, it was fantastic, but he had the rest, so could say more.

It was great. I will say that I don't like wines without "fruit"; the 2005 - right now, at least - has that perfect balance of fruit, mineral character, somewhat softer tannins and very complex aromas.

The 2011 might be better, but not right now.

I agree with all that mark e writes here. I'm not sure where '11 fits into the sphere of modern vintages. I think it is probably more like 2006 than 2005.

I'll take that information and run with it. I just stashed some of the '11s in the batcave last night.

Mark Lipton

 

[VLM]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by mark e:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by robert ames:
anybody out there with recent carnaval knowledge of the 2005 grezeaux?

Yes, mark e. had a bottle off the list at Rue Cler and gave me a taste, it was fantastic, but he had the rest, so could say more.

It was great. I will say that I don't like wines without "fruit"; the 2005 - right now, at least - has that perfect balance of fruit, mineral character, somewhat softer tannins and very complex aromas.

The 2011 might be better, but not right now.

I agree with all that mark e writes here. I'm not sure where '11 fits into the sphere of modern vintages. I think it is probably more like 2006 than 2005.

I'll take that information and run with it. I just stashed some of the '11s in the batcave last night.

Mark Lipton

I'm really regretting not stashing 2008 and 2007 so that I would have more to drink while waiting on other vintages. Just goes to show, don't ever skip a vintage at Baudry. I followed that advice with Croix Boissée, but should have with Grezeaux. I'll never not buy a case of each every vintage. Well, storage permitting, of course.