Clos Roche Blanche: final round

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Sharon Bowman

Sharon Bowman
Just a quick note on a few 2014s from CRB, massacred in their infancy in the name of science.

Interestingly, all of the wines are labeled Vin de France this year.

2014 Sauvignon No. 2 - a bruiser, clocking in at 13.5%, but with great sauvignonness and a different kind of body than some SBs that get sweet with ripeness; it still had great balance. It is scarily gluggable.

2014 Cuvée Pif - As David Lillie advises: back up the truck. Only your truck will be mostly empty. This wine is delicious and I guess there is none of it at all.

2014 Cuvée Gamay - Heck, this is good. It is 12% abv, but is lush and avoids any Touraine greenness. It's hard to pinpoint: it doesn't taste like Touraine, and it certainly doesn't taste like Beaujolais, but it sure tastes like Gamay. Like some great, Platonic gamay, I guess.

2014 Pineau d'Aunis Rosé - also very ripe, at 13.5% abv, it is spritzy and fussy amid its viscous weight. An angry thing right now; needs to be shaken and told to calm the fuck down. Probably better with time, I mean.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Clos Roche Blanche: final roundJust a quick note on a few 2014s from CRB, massacred in their infancy in the name of science.

Interestingly, all of the wines are labeled Vin de France this year.

2014 Cuvée Pif - As David Lillie advises: back up the truck. Only your truck will be mostly empty. This wine is delicious and I guess there is none of it at all.
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A six pack (now remaining) available at a New Jersey retailer @ $16 per.
 
I've only had the rosé out of the 2014s but my bottle was very enjoyable and not at all spritzy. It was a good match for a steak, with its bigger frame.

A bottle of the 2013 Gamay on Friday night had so much depth, more tobacco-ey than I expected.
 
originally posted by Ben Hunting:
I've only had the rosé out of the 2014s but my bottle was very enjoyable and not at all spritzy. It was a good match for a steak, with its bigger frame.

A bottle of the 2013 Gamay on Friday night had so much depth, more tobacco-ey than I expected.
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Brad told me not to open my bottle of 2013 Gamay last night.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Ben Hunting:
I've only had the rosé out of the 2014s but my bottle was very enjoyable and not at all spritzy. It was a good match for a steak, with its bigger frame.

A bottle of the 2013 Gamay on Friday night had so much depth, more tobacco-ey than I expected.
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Brad told me not to open my bottle of 2013 Gamay last night.
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You brought three bottles of wine to a Sunday night dinner with five people. All things in moderation. I did tell you to open it instead of the Champagne, for the record.
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Ben Hunting:
I've only had the rosé out of the 2014s but my bottle was very enjoyable and not at all spritzy. It was a good match for a steak, with its bigger frame.

A bottle of the 2013 Gamay on Friday night had so much depth, more tobacco-ey than I expected.
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Brad told me not to open my bottle of 2013 Gamay last night.
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You brought three bottles of wine to a Sunday night dinner with five people. All things in moderation. I did tell you to open it instead of the Champagne, for the record.
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one can never have too many bottles....
 
There is a bit of 2014 CRB left at Astor Wines, for those still in need. The Pif and the Sauvignon (limit two of each per customer, it seems). Today there is a sale on all Cab Franc, including Pif. Also some 2012 Baudry and 2012 Eminence Road Elizabeth's Vineyard, for example.

(No affiliation - just here to help.)
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Ben Hunting:
I've only had the rosé out of the 2014s but my bottle was very enjoyable and not at all spritzy. It was a good match for a steak, with its bigger frame.

A bottle of the 2013 Gamay on Friday night had so much depth, more tobacco-ey than I expected.
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Brad told me not to open my bottle of 2013 Gamay last night.
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Have not tried Pif yet; sounds like I did not buy enough.

The rose amazing this weekend, don't know how I will keep my hands off the stuff.

Gamay and SB#2 really need to settle down, for their respective reasons, but I see a bright future for both.

Still mourning the lack of Arpent in '14, my favorite of all CRBs.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
The Pif and the Sauvignon (limit two of each per customer, it seems).
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I should have bought some in better quantities yesterday--I was briefly on their site but too busy, and they weren't limiting them. Damn it!
 
Today there's a bit more rose, Pif, and Sauvignon at Chambers St.

Consider me the CRB tracker.

Sasha - there hasn't been any Arpent since 2012, no?
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Sasha - there hasn't been any Arpent since 2012, no?
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Yeah, why do you think I drink so much Lemberger and Trollinger? :-)
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Today there's a bit more rose, Pif, and Sauvignon at Chambers St.

Consider me the CRB tracker.

Sasha - there hasn't been any Arpent since 2012, no?
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And no cot since 2009...
 
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