The best damn Chinon I've had in a long while, maybe ever

[BJ]

I may have dreamed it actually.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Had two 90 Olgas in the last year. If they were fake, they were damn good fakes, for sure better than the 95 fakes.

 

[BJ]

The implication wasn't that they weren't produced by Raffault, only that they just had a very very large bottling in 90 that seemed to just keep on coming...and coming...

 

[Brad Kane]

There were a lot of late releases of '89, too. To me, they've all tasted consistent to what they should be.

 

[Ben Hunting]

I'd be keen to join in on the 23rd if that's the date people go for. Could bring a bottle of the aforementioned '89.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Brad Kane:
Count me in for the 23rd with a '90 Olga.

i have little doubt joe would have pointed out that you liked you olgas young, by now

 

[Brad Kane]

originally posted by .sasha:

originally posted by Brad Kane:
Count me in for the 23rd with a '90 Olga.

i have little doubt joe would have pointed out that you liked you olgas young, by now

Not true. You know it's taken me a long time to get into young Cab Franc. I always liked the older stuff because the greenness has shifted to tobacco.

 

[Unknown]

oops, someone needs a refresher on his jd terminology

 

[Jay Miller]

Hi Scott - what time did you make the reservation for?

There were 2 additions (Pascaline, Ben), were you able to get a table for 9?

 

[Bob Semon]

originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Cherry blossoms and Cabernet Franc in DC in early April. Just a thought.

Back to the future.

I suppose I could dig some more out. WWW locker rates are a-risin'. Need to cull.

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Hi Scott - what time did you make the reservation for?

There were 2 additions (Pascaline, Ben), were you able to get a table for 9?

ressie is for 7pm, for 10 just in case.

 

[Brad Kane]

So, is this a Chinon only theme?

 

[Eden Mylunsch]

originally posted by BJ:

originally posted by Brad Kane:
Count me in for the 23rd with a '90 Olga.

I had a fun chat recently with a knowledgeable person about just how much '90 Olga there is and has been over the years...

It's the 1977 Bodega Weinert Estrella Malbec of Chinon!

-Eden (for two decades you'd be told "golly, we just found a few more pallets in the warehouse!")

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by Brad Kane:
So, is this a Chinon only theme?

No! Cab Franc from anywhere in the world. New producers and old favorites. Young wines and those well aged.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by scottreiner:

originally posted by Brad Kane:
So, is this a Chinon only theme?

No! Cab Franc from anywhere in the world. New producers and old favorites. Young wines and those well aged.

Are we allowing white wines and/or sweeties?

 

[Don Rice]

Melissa can come. Hopefully room?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Don Rice:
Melissa can come. Hopefully room?

It's getting warm outside but we should eat in a room.

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by Don Rice:
Melissa can come. Hopefully room?

and that makes 10, she's in

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by scottreiner:

originally posted by Brad Kane:
So, is this a Chinon only theme?

No! Cab Franc from anywhere in the world. New producers and old favorites. Young wines and those well aged.

Are we allowing white wines and/or sweeties?

impossible to have too much wine...

 

[Ben Hunting]

Great. Looking forward. I'll bring the Olga '89 if that meshes well. I'd usually decant this and could double-decant before taking the subway to Racines - but if others see this as a crime I'm happy to follow your advice.