Oh, Sharon . . .

[Florida Jim]

. . . I saw some pics from Racines with you and Ross, et al; looked like a nice assortment. Any thoughts on each of those?
Best, Jim

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I am unmasked!

For the curious, URL.

So, here I was having a nip of F. Cotat rosé and a chat with a fellow wino when who should appear but the Chablis fairy (or, as he's more commonly known, Ross Massey).

After my friend had to hit the road, Ross and Asher invited me to join them and help finish up.

So:

2004 Dauvissat Preuses - This was pristine and quietly authoritative. I can't quite find the right adjective. Regal? Jack-booted? I dunno; it meant business, but in a good way. All the notes in the right places, very Bach. No premox, though Ross says others from the same case haven't done as well.

2000 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra - Asher brought us pours of this while we were shifting from Cotat to a taste of 2015 Brun L'Ancien, so the contrast of the young and the bitter (Italy, the big, bitter boot) was interesting. Pretty compelling wine, much as I protest about "not getting nebbiolo." It had some tightly wrapped things that came a little bit unspooled on the palate. Which is to say, pleasingly.

2007 Carillon Puligny Perrières - Unfortunately, the Dauvissat was finito by the time I tried this, so no comparison, but how exquisite this was, in a young, slightly chubby way. I rarely drink Côte d'Or white these days (though did have a '06 Roulot Poruzot a couple of weeks ago that I enjoyed (but others found a little too fat)). I'm amazed that people still have the nuts to buy pricy things with a target on them, but hey, when they are good, they are like this, so there is that. Sometimes you like a fine glass of chardonnay.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
2007 Carillon Puligny Perrières - Unfortunately, the Dauvissat was finito by the time I tried this, so no comparison, but how exquisite this was, in a young, slightly chubby way. I rarely drink Côte d'Or white these days (though did have a '06 Roulot Poruzot a couple of weeks ago that I enjoyed (but others found a little too fat)). I'm amazed that people still have the nuts to buy pricy things with a target on them, but hey, when they are good, they are like this, so there is that. Sometimes you like a fine glass of chardonnay.

Funny, I had the '13 Bourgogne by this maker just the other night. Nice little glugging wine.

 

[Florida Jim]

The "Chablis fairy?"
No wonder I like him.
Best, Jim

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Might as well continue to use this handy thread.

I am a recidivist; went back to Racines last night with an old friend to explore the by-the-glass joys of some DLills imports and then drink myself silly with the good people of Chambers St. and RNY.

Stray remarks: 2009 Emmanuel Brochet Haut Chardonnay Extra-Brut was fan-fricking-tastic. Where has Brochet been all my life?

2001 Littorai Mays Canyon was... wait for it... NOT pinot noir. It was chardonnay. But the kind you can drink, like the ones above in this thread. Ted Lemon cut his teeth at Roulot, so he knows biz. And apparently the sulfur he had elected to use kept this one sharp, because it was really a young-seeming wine. Good and crystalline. I was almost not sorry it wasn't PN.

And then there was the always great 2013 Vignes du Maynes "Manganite" (gamay) and an interesting VdM Beaujolais from old vines (90 y.o., per Mr. Lillie) that was very, very ripe (too ripe for me).

A Lunotte "Haut Plessis" Menu Pineau was oxidative and fun; but guest sommeliere Pascaline informed that the vines are going to be ripped up because they can no longer be in the Touraine appellation, which basically just blows.

And lastly, the first thing I tasted was, with the Brochet, the most memorable of the evening (and of some time, in truth): 2014 Jousset Montlouis "Clos aux Renards." Apparently Chidaine considers this the best plot in Montlouis (with the Rouliers), and hell's bells, it is a doozy.

PAB was right! It took eight years, rather than five, but dang, that Montlouis juice. I'm going to look out for Jousset wines in future.

 

[Tristan Welles]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I am unmasked!

So:

2004 Dauvissat Preuses - This was pristine and quietly authoritative. I can't quite find the right adjective. Regal? Jack-booted? I dunno; it meant business, but in a good way. All the notes in the right places, very Bach. No premox, though Ross says others from the same case haven't done as well.

Fantastic wine; similar to its twin, the Les Clos, but in a minor key sort of way.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Tristan Welles:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I am unmasked!

So:

2004 Dauvissat Preuses - This was pristine and quietly authoritative. I can't quite find the right adjective. Regal? Jack-booted? I dunno; it meant business, but in a good way. All the notes in the right places, very Bach. No premox, though Ross says others from the same case haven't done as well.

Fantastic wine; similar to its twin, the Les Clos, but in a minor key sort of way.

Agreed. The '85 version of this wine, drunk twice during my time in grad school, was what opened my eyes for Chablis and greater wine geekery in general. Of course, those were made by Dauvissat Père, M. René.

Mark Lipton

 

[Brian C]

That Manganite is really a fantastic bottle of Gamay.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Brian C:
That Manganite is really a fantastic bottle of Gamay.

Yes! And it was very interesting to taste its depth next to the (even though old-vines) Beaujolais.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Pic (via P. Lepeltier):