Some wines at Maison Kayser with John Tommaso

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
In ages past Yura was a casual upper east side BYO destination for unexciting but good reliable cooking and large portions. Seems like Maison Kayser may take its place at least until they get a liquor license.

Huge portions of duck rillettes, coq au vin and boeuf bourguignon.

Bradley K, Chris K., Chris C., Lisa A, John T. and myself were in attendance.

I didn't make note of all the wines so there is some missing information below. Hopefully someone will fill it in.

1995 Lopez de Heredia Rosado - my last bottle, beautiful complex showing though the peanut gallery at the other end of the table kept complaining that the wine was oxidized. Lovely brassy aged flavors, beautiful.

1978 Trefethen Cabernet Sauvignon - corked

2006 Oddero Barolo - very young, showing some oak.

2010 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese - shows very sweet at first but calms down with some air.

2012 Kurtz-Bas Riesling - shouldn't have tried this after the Spatlese. Very dry.

2007 Bea Pagliaro - fascinating vibrant showing. Bea makes such amazing wines. Loved it.

1992 Edmunds St. John Durrell Vineyard Syrah - a relatively recent purchase and a wonderful showing. Loads of garrigue on the nose and palate, soft, beautiful, red fruted and complex. Thank you Steve! My WOTN.

Cru d'Arche-Pugneau
 
Sauternes was Cru d'Arche-Pugneau 2010. Bea was an '07. ESJ was beautiful.

Lisa and I could have split one order of the boeuf bourguignon and had leftovers. As it is, we'll be having that for dinner tonight. The portion size of the of rillettes was beyond silly. An "appetizer" that could have served six. But all in all a great little place, and a fun night.

ONE PORTION

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The best part is, I have a one block commute!

A fun Sunday night! Great to welcome John Tomasso back to town. A quick check at compleatwinegeek.com and I found the dinner where we all first met: IN WHICH NEW YORKERS DISCOVER A NEW REGION FOR VALUE

While I thought the company clearly outshone the wines last night, that '92 ESJ Durrell is still damn tasty stuff. I believe that wine was the first wine I ever had from Steve, to boot. Probably around '98 or '99.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Look at dat! A photo taken by Chris.
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I was wondering why there was no excitement about this. Not only a post by Coad, but he took a picture and posted it! Wait, I gotta post it. He also smiled for the group photo with no middle finger!

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These are the End Times.

Soon all Loire drinkers will be taken up in the Rapture leaving everyone else stuck on Earth drinking Bordeaux.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
1995 Lopez de Heredia Rosado - my last bottle, beautiful complex showing though the peanut gallery at the other end of the table kept complaining that the wine was oxidized. Lovely brassy aged flavors, beautiful.
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I have always preferred the '93 and the '97 to this, but I don't recall if it was because they had started playing with a more oxidative style evident in the 2000, or for some other no-good reason. Also, this description by the Unoaked One depicts an improvement.
 
Too bad about the Trefethen - it's a lovely wine; I still have one bottle left of a case bought on release.

I presume Kurtz-Bas is Kuentz-Bas?
 
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