An interesting comparison and contrast with the 2011 from the night before, this was much more aromatic and leaner on the palate. While the 2011 led with the silkiness of the fruit and spice on the palate, the 2010 Griffe is much more shaped and cut with more obvious structure. The nose leans towards flowers and tart red fruits and the palate has fine delineation and firm tannin. This will surely be better in 3-5 years as the elements soften although it's pretty enjoyable now with food that needs its acid and tannin or if you just like youthful vigor. Both work for me.
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CWD: 2010 Coudert Griffe
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Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Do you think this means that 2010 Beaujolais are not open for business generally or was it this one in particular?
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Do you think this means that 2010 Beaujolais are not open for business generally or was it this one in particular?
It looks like this is the only 2010 Beaujolais I've had in at least a year (I didn't look further back), so /i can't generalize from direct experience. Extrapolating from wine, I'd say it is a general thing. Certainly, Coudert Tardive and Desvignes would be even more closed, all things being equal. Not much help, but there you are.
The '10 Griffe when it first was released seemed much more expressive then both the regular and tardive bottle. Why that is I don't know, I can't say it tasted noticeably of more oak compared to the other two.
Haven't tried one lately, but it seemed less likely to go through a major shut down phase at least early on.
Haven't tried one lately, but it seemed less likely to go through a major shut down phase at least early on.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
I opened a '10 Brun Moulin recently. Seemed too young the first day, but quite interesting the second, in the spirit of Nathan's 'youthful vigor.' Fwiw.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Seemed to young the first day
Not familiar with that verb.
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Seemed to young the first day
Not familiar with that verb.
To is a preposition. Come is a verb.
Mark Lipton
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Seemed to young the first day
Not familiar with that verb.
To is a preposition. Come is a verb.
Mark Lipton
And I just watched the trailer for 'Dirty Grandpa' ...
Anyway, typo fixed in the original. Too would be an adverb, I guess.
Anyone sampled the '13 Griffe?
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Anyone sampled the '13 Griffe?
Yes.
No rush.
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
To is a preposition. Come is a verb.
Mark Lipton
Occurred to me later Sharon meant 'to young' as an infinitive form of the unrecognizable verb; not 'to' alone.
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
To is a preposition. Come is a verb.
Mark Lipton
Occurred to me later Sharon meant 'to young' as an infinitive form of the unrecognizable verb; not 'to' alone.
Fitzi, Fitzi, Fitzi...
To is a preposition...
Mark Lipton
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ah, well. As memes go, that one's a little obscure. Thanks for clarifying.
Odd Rydland
Odd Rydland
I've just had the 2011 Foillard Fleurie: with a couple of hours in the glass it opens up quite nicely.originally posted by Rahsaan:
I had a 2010 Foillard Fleurie back in May, which was nice and much more approachable than the 2011 Foillard Fleurie around that same time. But I wouldn't generalize much from that.