scribble from the cellar

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Jeff Grossman

Jeff Grossman
With several guests in town -- notably, Ignacio Villalgordo and Marc Hanes -- there was feverish action in the cellar yesterday. I was, strangely, not in a note-taking mood; anyway, I came late and left early.

So, all I can do is tantalize you:

1996 CFE - suave and fascinating, "You're bleeding before you know you've even been cut" -Marc
2000 CFE - nice wine but a bruiser, big muscles and lots of swagger, bumping into things without meaning to
2002 Huet Sec - almost dead
Couly-Dutheil "Crescendo" - none of us could identify this as Chinon, smelled a bit like dried-up Christmas tree needles
1970 DDC - beautiful
1974 Simi Zin - beautiful
1999 M. Magnien - completely closed
1993 Drouhin "Petits Monts" - lovely
Anthill Pinot Noir - eh

Untasted or unremarked... a champagne, a Jura white, a Brundlmayr that was very good

Perhaps some other participants can jump in here. We all know that Marc Hanes takes notes but his rate of publishing is almost as slow as his rate of consumption. We'll look for the notes in a year or two.

ETA: Another couple came to mind.
 
is there a more frustrating case of pox than '96 CFE?
Because of an almost unmatched frequency of dead bottles (IME), and amazing quality of the rare good ones.

'93 PM? Wow. Jay's ?
 
Marc has communicated the list:

1996 Trimbach CFE
2000 Trimbach CFE
1999 Michel Magnien Chambolle Fremières
2003 Lapierre Morgon
1997 Voge Cornas Cuvée Les Vieilles Fontaines
2001 Clape Cornas
1997 Brundlmayer Zobinger Heiligenstein Alte Reben Riesling
2000 Ch“teau Simone Provence Palette Blanc
1959 Huet Moelleux 1ere Trie Clos du Bourg
2008 Domaine de Montbourgeau l’Etoile
2010 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir Tina Marie Vineyard
NV Jerome Prevost Champagne La Closerie Les Beguines Extra Brut
1995 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle
1999 Chateau Rieussec
2000 Copain Pinot Noir Hein Vineyard
1970 Domaine de Chevalier rouge
1993 Drouhin Vosne-Romanée
2005 Els Jelipins from Penedes, Spain
1974 Simi Zinfandel Sonoma "Special Vintage"
1997 Couly-Dutheil Chinon Clos de l'Echo
1989 Chateau Soucherie Chaume
2012 Willi Schaefer Riesling Graacher Domprobst Auslese #14
2012 Rhys Pinot Noir "Alpine" (375 ml)
Many premoxed bottles of 2002 Huet
2011 Eminence Road Cabernet Franc
2007 Dashe enfant terrible
2004 Larmandier - Bernier vv cramant
1989 prince florent de merode Pommard Clos de la Platiere

ETA: More bottles mentioned below. And "Alpine". And #14.
 
In re the list, as recognition is so much better than recall, I remember:
- Eminence Road was outstanding, just-so ripeness, clean but not too clean
- Rieussec very good
- Lapierre should have been drunk years ago
- Voge very good but the Clape even better; maybe it's time to dig out the 1996s?
- Jaboulet had no more charm than a bad industrial Cotes-du-Rhone
 
He didn't mention the '70 DDC that you did, which was a terrific showing and there was a '89 Burg that Jay opened, I believe. I liked the Anthill Pinot more than you did and he doesn't mention that one.
 
Just recalled that Jay served blindly an older Prince de Merode wine. 1959? Did not see the bottle up closely.

Was the Chevalier 1990 or other vintage? (Another wine served blindly, that seemed to be the theme of the day.) Not 100% sure. Whatever vintage, it was good stuff.

Think that captures all wines opened but probably still missing one or two.

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Marc has communicated the list:

1996 Trimbach CFE
2000 Trimbach CFE
1999 Michel Magnien Chambolle Fremières
2003 Lapierre Morgon
1997 Voge Cornas Cuvée Les Vieilles Fontaines
2001 Clape Cornas
1997 Brundlmayer Zobinger Heiligenstein Alte Reben Riesling
2000 Ch“teau Simone Provence Palette Blanc
1959 Huet Moelleux 1ere Trie Clos du Bourg
2008 Domaine de Montbourgeau l’Etoile
2010 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir Tina Marie Vineyard
NV Jerome Prevost Champagne La Closerie Les Beguines Extra Brut
1995 Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle
1999 Chateau Rieussec
2000 Copain Pinot Noir Hein Vineyard
1990 Domaine de Chevalier rouge
1993 Drouhin Vosne-Romanée
vintage?? Els Jelipins from Penedes, Spain
1974 Simi Zinfandel Sonoma "Special Vintage"
1997 Couly-Dutheil Chinon Clos de l'Echo
1989 Chateau Soucherie Chaume
2012 Willi Schaefer Riesling Graacher Domprobst Auslese
That half bottle of Rhys Pinot Jay does not care for
Many premoxed bottles of 2002 Huet
2011 Eminence Road Cabernet Franc
2007 Dashe enfant terrible
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originally posted by Brad Kane:
He didn't mention the '70 DDC that you did, which was a terrific showing and there was a '89 Burg that Jay opened, I believe. I liked the Anthill Pinot more than you did and he doesn't mention that one.
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Hm. His list has a '90 DDC which I don't think was there. I'll edit back to '70.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
My last bottle of 05 Jelipins was super yuckily oaky.
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I've had two this year, and neither struck me that way, but I will have to turn to Claude in the confessional to be sure.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
My last bottle of 05 Jelipins was super yuckily oaky.

Was the 00 Palette Blanc oaky on the palate?
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All right, Mr. Oak Man, listen up.

Actually, seriously, I had this debate about Els Jelipins with Arno Tronche, and fortunately we had this debate at the importer tasting two years ago, and said importer (Jenny, of J & F) said that no, there was ca. 15% at the most extremest mostest.

For all of his triumphs, AT seems sometimes to sniff out oak where der ain't none, a subject of interesting conversation.

As for the 00 Simone, it wasn't oaky, but then again, I was drunk.
 
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