2006 Charvin, a non-tasting note

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Sharon Bowman

Sharon Bowman
In the summer of 2010 I was living in Paris and my toilet exploded (sad for the college student whose studio was below, while she was out of town; she came back to, well).

SFJoe was impending for a visit, but the whole bathroom was ripped up, so upon discussion, I nabbed us two tickets for Avignon, a mere 2h35m on the TGV.

He arrived, and we fled the scene, after coordinating with plumbers (hard gotten in the estival months). Walked out to cicadas buzzing.

Ensued four days of ambling through Avignon, visiting the Palais des Papes (haut lieu for a Catholic-raised atheist with a history bent), trying out local restaurants and watching Luis Buñuel's La Voie lactée in the hotel room, reading Raymond Chandler's "Red Wind" aloud (hers and his choices, respectively), drinking Pascal & Béatrice Lambert's white chinon.

And discovering 2006 Charvin Chateauneuf-du-Pape at a local store. We'd read about Charvin somewhere, probably here.

This spring, Joe back-loaded on 2006 Charvin, as well as snapping up some 2011s. He was a little perplexed about the '11s, as was I. The jury seemed out: was it just that they were young and would evolve, or had the style changed?

Rather than wonder, we had an '06 or two. That style hadn't changed and had remained true over the years.
 
Sharon, to the contrary, I think the buzz on the 11 will be the same as it is now on the 08 in a couple of years. The 06, which was a little rambunctious in its youth, is turning out beautifully, as is the 04, as pab notes. These give me hope for the 07, though I don't know how much since the 03, pab's notes to the contrary notwithstanding, is one of my least favorite Charvin's. Maybe another bottle will be better.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Sharon, to the contrary, I think the buzz on the 11 will be the same as it is now on the 08 in a couple of years. The 06, which was a little rambunctious in its youth, is turning out beautifully, as is the 04, as pab notes. These give me hope for the 07, though I don't know how much since the 03, pab's notes to the contrary notwithstanding, is one of my least favorite Charvin's. Maybe another bottle will be better.
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The 2004 has been very nice recently. I am waiting for next winter to try my last 2001. The 2001 turned me onto the wine and when coupled with the 2004, a foretelling of my current profession.
 
I'm trying to keep my hands off my couple of remaining 01s (I really didn't buy enough of them, a mistake I didn't make since 04). The 00s, which oddly took longer to come around and so I have more of, have been doing beautifully too now.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Sharon, to the contrary, I think the buzz on the 11 will be the same as it is now on the 08 in a couple of years. The 06, which was a little rambunctious in its youth, is turning out beautifully, as is the 04, as pab notes. These give me hope for the 07, though I don't know how much since the 03, pab's notes to the contrary notwithstanding, is one of my least favorite Charvin's. Maybe another bottle will be better.
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Hello Jonathan,
Next time, you will be in Gigondas in december or january in a "mistral" day, you will take a hunting gun and kill a hare in the vineyard (a "collet" is also a cool solution and safer for everyboddy). When the sun will be down (at 5), you will cook a civet (3 hours) and you will open a Charvin 2003. It's will be the perfect match.
Best regards
pierre-alain
 
This summer there was a very large lievre in our vineyard. If he's there when we're there in December and January, I will do my best to kill him by looking daggers at him. If I manage that, I'll try to talk Laurent into coming up with an 03 to share with a dish I make with rabbit or hare and feta, olives and wine and I'll put it to the test. Barring that, I guess I'll have to take your word for it.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by MarkS:
originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
IMHO the best recent Charvin is the 2008...cheapest too, by the way...
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Yup'per as they say around here!
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Why particularly the '08? Do tell.
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Not so particularly, but since I got a great price on it I decided to buy a full case of it, so, yeah, you could say I'm invested in its outcome. That, and the crinkly red fruits from the under-ripe year give me good reasons for hope.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
I'd pay money to see the professor shoot a hare.
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My name is Professor Jonathon Loesberg. I own a mansion and a yacht.
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If I change how I spell my first name, can I have a mansion and a yacht? Can I trade them in for wine?
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Hey don't you already have a house in France? A yacht in Nice and a little chateau manse in the Loire can't be far behind!
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
I'd pay money to see the professor shoot a hare.
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My name is Professor Jonathan Loesberg. I own a mansion and a yacht.
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If I change how I spell my first name, can I have a mansion and a yacht? Can I trade them in for wine?
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As I recall the storyline you'd really be a hypnotized rabbit.

And ... fixed.
 
originally posted by MarkS:


Not so particularly, but since I got a great price on it I decided to buy a full case of it, so, yeah, you could say I'm invested in its outcome. That, and the crinkly red fruits from the under-ripe year give me good reasons for hope.
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Hello,
2008 wasn't under-ripe for Charvin Cdp's. It was ripe. Try a bootle : it's ripe grappes.
Best regards
pierre-alain
 
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