Wooly chenin

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Sharon Bowman

Sharon Bowman
Yesterday I opened a bottle of the 2014 Pinon Deronnières, the new single-parcel cuvée from François Pinon.

Over the course of its short life (shared with a friend at home), I kept smelling it without mentioning it (because the friend is not a wine geek) and wondering, nigglingly, "Is this very, very slightly corked?"

Or was it just "wooly," as I know the grape can be? (And I've had ample experience of that characteristic.)

I like to think I'm pretty sensitive to TCA, but here I couldn't decide.

Has anyone else had this happen? And is chenin that young "wooly," or is that something that occurs with age?
 
Chenin blanc is the hardest grape for me with TCA. I get false positives. There's something about the earl grey / bergamot aromas in aged chenin that trips me up.

Though 2014 wouldn't qualify as aged, obviously.
 
Did I shut Sharon's thread down? I was kidding. I have the same problem.

Paranoid android, alive and well!!
 
BEEP BEEEP BEEEEEEP THREAD SHUT DOWN, NO MORE POST - NO MORE POST

Not sure what was going on with it. I have another bottle of same, maybe I'll open it soon and give it more time and attention and see what it's like at that time.
 
So, last night I met some pals at PDH and decided it was germane to try the 2014 Pinon Deronnières again. And it was outstanding, just intensely savory and complex.

My conclusion is that the earlier bottle was slightly corked.

This is a fantastic wine. Which I shouldn't say, because I want to buy the rest of it.

I also learned that Pinon had originally meant to make this cuvee in 2013 (separating it out from the other two plots in the Trois Argiles), but because of the vintage catastrophe could not. So this is the first of it.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Another trySo, last night I met some pals at PDH and decided it was germane to try the 2014 Pinon Deronnières again. And it was outstanding, just intensely savory and complex.

My conclusion is that the earlier bottle was slightly corked.

This is a fantastic wine. Which I shouldn't say, because I want to buy the rest of it.

I also learned that Pinon had originally meant to make this cuvee in 2013 (separating it out from the other two plots in the Trois Argiles), but because of the vintage catastrophe could not. So this is the first of it.
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My take was that it is the most ageable of the 3 Vouvrays he released but for current drinking I was wowed by the Trois Argiles. Which will also age.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Another trySo, last night I met some pals at PDH and decided it was germane to try the 2014 Pinon Deronnières again. And it was outstanding, just intensely savory and complex.

My conclusion is that the earlier bottle was slightly corked.

This is a fantastic wine. Which I shouldn't say, because I want to buy the rest of it.

I also learned that Pinon had originally meant to make this cuvee in 2013 (separating it out from the other two plots in the Trois Argiles), but because of the vintage catastrophe could not. So this is the first of it.
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When did you get religion and learn to love Chenin, winegrrrrl? I realize that I'm years behind the times, but I recall you not being such a fan.

Mark Lipton
 
You just need to find more oxidative examples. Perhaps we should all send our premoxed bottles off to you?

Mark Lipton
 
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