A top wine among many!

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
The blurb says it's a masculine wine.
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"A masculine wine full of dark fruit, licorice and warm baked caramel aromas. The entry carries hints of leather and smoke with a sense of earthiness. The 2011 Emery Pinot Noir is richly concentrated with a velvet mouthfeel. Its big structure has well-integrated tannins and a long finish . . ."

Uh, doesn't sound much like pinot noir, unless ripe and oaky is your cup of tea.

Must have been a pretty crappy tasting if this was one of the best wines there.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Pete was just trolling for a rise.
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Figgrd!

I once made the case to SFJoe that ....Pete was nothing other than fb's sockpuppet (or simply another alias he was using). He laughed and tried to dissuade me of that foolish notion. But now I'm not so sure.
 
"full of dark fruit, licorice and warm baked caramel aromas"

god, i love the smell of sugared pinot in the morning.

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ps. "wädenswil," - cometh the man, cometh teh clone?
 
originally posted by mark e: doesn't sound much like pinot noir,
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I served 4 mystery wines to 5 knowledgeable Burgundy enthusiasts...

1) Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules '02 --

2) Mugneret Gouachon Echezeaux '62 --

3) WillaKenzie Emery Willamette Valley Pinot Noir '11 --

4) Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules '02 --

The guesses on the WillaKenzie never wandered away from Burgundy. They recognized that it was a bit unusual but thought more in terms of perhaps a Pommard or Gevrey Chambertin.

No one came close to guessing that #1 and #4 were the same wine (even though the pours came from the same bottle, a magnum).

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

originally posted by mark e: doesn't sound much like pinot noir,
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I served 4 mystery wines to 5 knowledgeable Burgundy enthusiasts...

1) Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules '02 --

2) Mugneret Gouachon Echezeaux '62 --

3) WillaKenzie Emery Willamette Valley Pinot Noir '11 --

4) Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules '01 --

The guesses on the WillaKenzie never wandered away from Burgundy. They recognized that it was a bit unusual but thought more in terms of perhaps a Pommard or Gevrey Chambertin.

No one came close to guessing that #1 and #4 were the same wine (even though it came from the same bottle, a magnum).

. . . . . Pete
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How could #1 and #4 have come from the same bottle (even if it was a magnum)?

Did the other two wines come from different bottles? That might explain why they tasted different.

Were these knowledgeable enthusiasts as knowledgeable as the Judgment of Paris guys?

How unusual can Gevrey-Chambertin be in a Burgundy context?

The 02 Jadot Ursules that I opened over the last few years years were all severely closed and scant basis for judgment.

How much are WillaKenzie paying you? (just kidding with this last one)
 
Correction has been made to the posting: Mystery wines #1 and #4 were Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules '02 poured from the same magnum.

The "expert tasters" quickly figured out the wine was 10 years or slightly older, but none came close to realizing they were the same wine.

My big hint was not caught on to -- I had told them I was serving 3 mystery wines and then subsequently had 4 decanters out marked 1 - 4.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons: So how was the Ursules?
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Ian,

Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules 1er Cru '02 -- Dark red, dark cherries, restrained aromatics, perhaps could be a bit more generous with scents and flavor, excellent structure, ample tannins beneath good fruit, hints of spice and earth, some silkiness, nice purity. [Nosed into the E grade scale]

I might be a bit biased. Ursules has been a favorite of mine in numerous vintages. The 1990 comes to mind as being terrific right now.

This magnum of 2002, decanted and drunk over 2 nights, is drinking well right now but should get better, especially in the magnum format. We thought it was perhaps a smidgeon better the second night (after being capped and refrigerated) but this might have been because we were less distracted by there just being the two of us.

How many years before your son will be 18 or 21? You will surely be fine to wait. I wouldn't rush to drink it. Neither would I worry about it needing to be drunk soon. (But I prefer wines with age.)

. . . . . Pete
 
P.S. My reason for pulling this magnum of Ursules '02 was less due to drinking window considerations (as I was confident it would be fine now or most anytime) and more due to the fact that: (i) I wanted to pour 2 decanters of the same wine out of the same bottle as a challenge for the "expert tasters"; and (ii) magnums don't fit very well into my wine storage area.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:
Dark red, dark cherries, restrained aromatics, perhaps could be a bit more generous with scents and flavor, excellent structure, ample tannins beneath good fruit, hints of spice and earth, some silkiness, nice purity. [Nosed into the E grade scale]
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e grade. no shit.

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