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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
Dozen São Paulo wine buddies & spouses gathered last night to plough through the following. Tasted most, so am quite hung over. Took no notes, but may have hazy memories of some, if detail is needed.

House wines
3 x 2006 Christian Étienne Champagne Cuvée Tradition Brut 12.0%
3 x 2010 Paolo Bea Arboreus 13.0%
3 x 2006 Paolo Bea Pipparello 14.0%
Guest wines
2006 Richard Leroy Anjou Rouliers 12.5%
2007 Richard Leroy Anjou Rouliers 12.5%
2009 Didier Dagueneau Silex 13.0%
2012 Frank Cornelissen Munjebel 9 Bianco 14.0%
2010 Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d’Abruzzo 12.5%
2013 Zeni Pinot Grigio Ramato 12.5%
2014 Keller Weisser Burgunder & Chardonnay Trocken Rheinhessen 13.0%
2013 Keller Kirchspiel Riesling Rheinhessen 12.5%
2012 Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 12.5% Magnum
2010 Philippe Jambon Chiroubles Une Tranche 12.5%
2009 Ganevat Sante Cécile (Pinot/Trousseau) 13.5%
2006 Domaine Anglore Comeyre 13.5% Magnum
2006 Catherine et Pierre Breton Chinon Beaumont 12.0%
2005 Domaine Rolet Arbois Rouge Tradition 12.5%
2014 Via Revolucionaria Bonarda Puro Mendoza 10.6%
2012 Frank Cornelissen Munjebel 9 Rosso 15.0%
1986 Berthet-Bondet Chateau Chalon Vin Jaune 14.0%
 
And how about the Jambon? I remember some positive buzz about him but I only got off-bottles (even in France), so I gave up.
 
Obrigado, guys! Starting this Sunday I will become entitled to special parking spots, preferential lines at the bank and free bus passes, an onset of pampering guaranteed to make me even more insufferable. Jeff, I had to put on my hearing aids to read you.

Of the two Leroys, Slaton, I only tried the 2007, which was lovely, entirely without that oxidative thingy the Montbenaults can show. But relatively straightforward, without any of the bamboozling wowness that distinguished the Silex and the Trebbiano. I've liked the 2006 Leroy even better than the 2007 in the past, more round and fruity without cloyness/cloyhood. The Chateau Chalon was deep and rich and multilayered, as expected of course, but I taste vin jaunes so rarely that I have no internalized baseline for comparative evaluations.

The Jambon, Rahsaan, was (I am sorry to say, given your experience), simply spectacular, one of the evening's highlights, possibly wotn. That semi-carbonic aromatic charm was firing on all cylinders, and was followed by an amazing mouthful of joy, combining equal measures and multiple layers of long-finishing fun and pleasure. The faithless among ye will suspect that I exaggerate, but it doesn't appear that way to me.
 
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Obrigado, guys! Starting this Sunday I will become entitled to special parking spots, preferential lines at the bank and free bus passes, an onset of pampering guaranteed to make me even more insufferable. Jeff, I had to put on my hearing aids to read you.

Of the two Leroys, Slaton, I only tried the 2007, which was lovely, entirely without that oxidative thingy the Montbenaults can show. But relatively straightforward, without any of the bamboozling wowness that distinguished the Silex and the Trebbiano. I've liked the 2006 Leroy even better than the 2007 in the past, more round and fruity without cloyness/cloyhood. The Chateau Chalon was deep and rich and multilayered, as expected of course, but I taste vin jaunes so rarely that I have no internalized baseline for comparative evaluations.

The Jambon, Rahsaan, was (I am sorry to say, given your experience), simply spectacular, one of the evening's highlights, possibly wotn. That semi-carbonic aromatic charm was firing on all cylinders, and was followed by an amazing mouthful of joy, combining equal measures and multiple layers of long-finishing fun and pleasure. The faithless among ye will suspect that I exaggerate, but it doesn't appear that way to me.
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Which birthday gets you senior privileges down there? I hit my US mark in France,which is the way to do it, since they think nothing of that birthday.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

The Jambon, Rahsaan, was (I am sorry to say, given your experience), simply spectacular, one of the evening's highlights, possibly wotn. That semi-carbonic aromatic charm was firing on all cylinders, and was followed by an amazing mouthful of joy, combining equal measures and multiple layers of long-finishing fun and pleasure. The faithless among ye will suspect that I exaggerate, but it doesn't appear that way to me.
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Wow. That is impressive. Especially given all the other contenders in the list.
 
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