TN: Recent Cellar Drinking

[Jeff Grossman]

2015-03-07

Huet 1996 Vouvray Sec "Le Mont" - beautiful, creamy and rich, just the barest hint of apple juice reminds how difficult it has been to find these wines in pristine shape

Prager 2001 Achleiten Gruner Veltliner - very slightly vegetal, lots of saffron, crisp, no pox at all, velvety texture, an SFJoe bottle

Bereche NV Champagne "Rive Gauche" - it's the '10 bottling because they changed to the script labels; all pinot meunier, beautiful, well-mannered fizz, crisp, that very slight waxy/funky smell that indicates p.m. to me

some 1998 Australian horror - not really a horror but it's very tired from carrying around all that oak

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2015-03-14

Vieux Chateau Certan 1976 Pomerol - dead

Ch. Figeac 1975 Saint-Emilion - vigorous, lean, sinewy, chewy

Ch. Trotanoy 1966 Pomerol - OMG, it has everything: earth, orange peel, some faraway red berries, sweet tobacco, wow

Trimbach 1995 Riesling "Clos St Hune" - poxxed

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2015-04-12

Linden 2012 Chardonnay "Hardscrabble" - from Virginia, nice bottle of chardonnay, but slightly too oaky so is wearying to drink, I found one reviewer online who says it's better at age 10

Pinon 1994 Vouvray - gorgeous bottle of wine, rich, mellow, very Chenin

L. Boillot 2000 Volnay 1er "Les Caillerets" - a little stinky, sturdy, nice enough but doesn't scream Caillerets

Foillard 2007 Morgon "Cuvee 3.14" - big and ripe, even some earth under all that fruit, great wine

 

[Unknown]

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VCC easily as good as Figeac or Trotanoy, in its own way of course.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by .sasha:
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VCC easily as good as Figeac or Trotanoy, in its own way of course.

By rights, I should remove that bottle from my report because I didn't get to taste it; you just told me it had been opened earlier.

 

[Unknown]

OK, that's hilarious, Jeff.

 

[Jay Miller]

I should mention that I thought the 1994 Pinon was best on first pour though it continued
gorgeous it did get leaner.

 

[Jay Miller]

Oh, and you forgot that horrible taste of 2002 Mayacamas Cabernet.

Lactic, feh!

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Oh, and you forgot that horrible taste of 2002 Mayacamas Cabernet.

Lactic, feh!

Which improved considerably by the time it got to its destination and was approved of by a notable Italian wine maker.

 

[MarkS]

some 1998 Australian horror - not really a horror but it's very tired from carrying around all that oak

A semillon? Please say no.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by MarkS:

some 1998 Australian horror - not really a horror but it's very tired from carrying around all that oak

A semillon? Please say no.

It was a shiraz.

 

[Odd Rydland]

Vieux Chateau Certan 1982 Pomerol yesterday. In pristine shape, sublime wine. Cherries and tobacco.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by MarkS:

some 1998 Australian horror - not really a horror but it's very tired from carrying around all that oak

A semillon? Please say no.

It was a shiraz.

We all should be drinking more shiraz.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

We opened a Linden Harscrabble Chardonnay 05 over the weekend. It was fresh and smooth, but without any engaging complexity, depth, or even acid zing. I tried hard to like a glass and then opened an '04 Trimbach CFE in frustration, which was miles better. The Linden may have opened more on the second day, but I didn't have the heart to try it again.

I still owe Cliff my last bottle of this Linden; one day I'll get up there and hand it off.

 

[Cliff]

You do need to make your way up to these parts! Would be great to meet, finally.