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Corbieres, Domaine de Fontsainte, Gris de Gris 2009

Unsure of cepage, but nose reminds me of Lahaye's Meunier.
Otherwise, licorice and berries to the fore. Gone in a flash.
 
Innnnnteresting. Never have had that. Hope for the Corbières revival (cue Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion").

Currently in my glass is a 2012 Scholium Project Rhodo Dactylos, which is per anything I can glean a blanc de noirs made from Cinsault and clocking in at 12.66% abv, thank you very much, Oswaldo Correa da Costa.

(Sorry, got sidetracked.)

This is interesting, and it is hard to tell if the pale rosé-ish tint is just a remnant from the glass's previous occupier, '12 Clos Roche Blanche Cuvée Pif, or if it is just easing itself on down the road.

I must examine....
 
originally posted by Terry Angleton:
Corbieres, Domaine de Fontsainte, Gris de Gris 2009

Unsure of cepage, but nose reminds me of Lahaye's Meunier.
Otherwise, licorice and berries to the fore. Gone in a flash.
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Mostly Grenache Gris; the rest being the usual suspects. 2013 presents a delicate side, then follows with intense flavour. I could easily see it going several years.
 
2012 CRB L'Arpent Rouge was stunning as ever. I don't think I'm going to be able to age any of these. Whenever I cook a steak I reach for it.
 
roughly 750ml of 2007 Granite de Clisson, recorked from a 3L bottle a week ago into a worthy containment vessel, formerly belonging to Donnhoff Kupfergrube, is doing just fine. No, more than fine, with brightness and bounce having given way to very textured candied freshness.
 
NV Bera Moscato d'Asti

Arnold loves the stuff and I like it, especially on a summer day. I should stock up on more than one bottle at a time.
 
Karthauserhof, 1989, in absentia. I enjoyed it thoroughly and uncritically. Did not record any important details. I imagine it as Auslese Trocken.
 
Bourgueil, Domaine Chanteleuserie, Cuvée Alouettes, 2007

Sweet leafy Breton, showing plenty of sap and a deep robe

Thoroughly enjoyable w/ blue saga melted over bison
 
originally posted by .sasha:
a bunch of '13 beaujolais with JBG

exciting stuff
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I don't know what wines you drank or who JBG is, but tonight I had my first 2013 Beaujolais in the form of a very exuberant and exciting Descombes Morgon. I will be drinking more of this.
 
1998 Domaine des Chezeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin, aromatically dull, decent body & texture, boring fruit. If the bottle had sported an actual Ponsot label, I would have taken this for a Rudy.
 
2003 Ch. Angelus.

Yesterday this was massively ripe and overwhelming.

Tonight it's a complete shock, in a good way. Smoky, gravelly, savoury, very well balanced if a touch low in terms of acidity. Eye-opening.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
1998 Domaine des Chezeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin, aromatically dull, decent body & texture, boring fruit. If the bottle had sported an actual Ponsot label, I would have taken this for a Rudy.
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Young vines? Ponsot? Mid-90s Ponsot? Not Drouhin?
 
originally posted by Jayson Cohen:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
1998 Domaine des Chezeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin, aromatically dull, decent body & texture, boring fruit. If the bottle had sported an actual Ponsot label, I would have taken this for a Rudy.
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Young vines? Ponsot? Mid-90s Ponsot? Not Drouhin?
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Vinified by Ponsot with the same material used for his own Griotte, but with a different (afaik) cellar regime (% of new wood, time spent, etc.)
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
1998 Domaine des Chezeaux (Ponsot) Griotte-Chambertin, aromatically dull, decent body & texture, boring fruit. If the bottle had sported an actual Ponsot label, I would have taken this for a Rudy.
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Too bad. 1998s have more than redeemed themselves (in your eyes, that is, potentially) this week via dujac chambolle and charmes-chambertin, coche volnay 1er, roty gevrey champ cheny, chevillon vaucrains, d'angerville taillepieds, fourrier st. jacques, gaunoux renardes, jadot beze and rousseau beze
 
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