TN: 2005 Morgon, Lapierre

[slaton]

originally posted by Larry Stein:
Opened that bottle of '09 N on Monday with 9 other wine geeks. It started off a bit murky and seemed a touch too ripe. However, enough acidity appeared to balance everything out. It was quite delicious and was a hit with the other folks. It was definitely a drink-now wine so I'll drink my remaining bottles in the near-term. It'll be interesting to see if all the other bottles are as good as this one.

But this is Lapierre we're talking about here, so a gaussian distribution is what I'd expect for your remaining bottles.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Interesting that the son would not have learned to make wines of similar longevity.

I’m not sure it’s yet known if they do, but there have been mutterings of a noticeable stylistic shift and predicting longevity is a game for fools and wine critics, the two groups not being mutually exclusive.

Mark Lipton

Not really, if you have data to work with. With a change of winemaker and style, however, past performance is less likely to indicate future results.

Guess I should crack one of mine and form a personal impression.

I opened a 2014 Lapierre Marcel (S) a week ago and drank it over several days. Tight and ungiving early, it grew in substance and intensity day-bv-day and finished very strong. Hard to foresee this bottle only making it a few years, seems like a wine with legs (and quality).