Timely Burgundies w/multi-course dinner (overview)

pete--i poked around a little more on the website you referred me to, and i see that fevre's track record isn't among the best.

anecdotes on damaged wines from premier cru still stand.
 
Robert, such is the difficulty with generalizing about premature oxidation.

And, I would be uncomfortable trying to generalize about Fevre. I've had good luck, others less so.

I felt it would be better to show some of the Fevre data and let folks draw their own conclusions.

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Cole Kendall: I have to ask...was the pasta sweet?
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Cole, good question as this was one of the more interesting dishes ever.

It was a compelling creation. A gourmand friend of mine who has lived in France and traveled all over the world declared this was "one of the few Michelin 3 Star dishes" he has had. Other folks were similarly applauding this dish.



And, no it wasn't sweet at all. A great pairing with the Savigny les Beaune!

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

pho·bi·a
ˈfōbēə/
noun
noun: phobia; plural noun: phobias

an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
"he had a phobia about being under water"
synonyms: fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, dread, horror, terror, hatred, loathing, detestation, aversion, antipathy, revulsion; complex, neurosis;
informalthing, hang-up
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No? Maybe yes? Or not!

. . . . Pete
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Yes. Hence an ortographobe would be someone with an intense fear of making spelling errors and a typophobe (if this is a neologism, I'll take it) would be someone who fears making typos. Your bete noire is someone who enjoys catching other peoples' spelling errors (or typos), thus not a phobe of either kind. There are usages, such as homophobe, where the meaning is someone who hates a thing (in this case homosexuality or homosexuals), but this really doesn't quite catch your complaint about those people (in this case including me), which is a pedantic pleasure in correcting others. If it were done out of the pure love of correct spelling, it would be an orthographile. But you probably just mean a spelling nazi. For the generalized case of those who take pleasure in correcting, though, I suggest a diorthosophile. Which would make you a diorthosophobe.
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Also Bravo. And for another neologism, I suggest spellingfreude.
 
As I said elsewhere, the usage evidently communicated effectively (and got folks' attention) even if it might be deemed a faux pas or neologism.

. . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

The Domaine Dujac Clos de Roche Grand Cru '04 has been an interesting wine. It regularly gets reviews varying from average to wonderful. In this case, I heard only high praise with which I was in accord. I expected to find the Dujac oak somewhat off-putting but it apparently has integrated nicely. Served blind, I would not have thought this wine to be a 2004. While it's not a big wine, it had ample stuffing and character...excellent as a pairing with the cheese and as the final wine of a worthy dinner.

In the past, I have considered Dujac as one of the top Burgundy producers and this 2004 bottling lends credence to that notion.

. . . . Pete
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Went to a party in February that the host opened a 3L of the 04 Dujac CDLR (that his wife purchased for him) it was so green a group of 14 didn't even get thru 1/3 of the bottle. Green, green, green and did I say green? undrinkable.
 
originally posted by Suzanne Camhi:
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

The Domaine Dujac Clos de Roche Grand Cru '04 has been an interesting wine. It regularly gets reviews varying from average to wonderful. In this case, I heard only high praise with which I was in accord. I expected to find the Dujac oak somewhat off-putting but it apparently has integrated nicely. Served blind, I would not have thought this wine to be a 2004. While it's not a big wine, it had ample stuffing and character...excellent as a pairing with the cheese and as the final wine of a worthy dinner.

In the past, I have considered Dujac as one of the top Burgundy producers and this 2004 bottling lends credence to that notion.

. . . . Pete
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Went to a party in February that the host opened a 3L of the 04 Dujac CDLR (that his wife purchased for him) it was so green a group of 14 didn't even get thru 1/3 of the bottle. Green, green, green and did I say green? undrinkable.
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counterfeit?
 
Suzanne, I'm aware of a lot of reviews of this Dujac bottling that, as I said, range from ordinary to excellent. None of the reviews I've seen (other than yours) sound anything like what you experienced. Certainly our sampling wasn't anything like that from numerous bottles...probably one to two cases.

Sad to hear about your experience...y'all deserved much better!

. . . . . Pete
 
The 3L bottle will undoubtedly mature much more slowly. As with so many other 04s the 75cls have shed their 'green' and no doubt larger formats will follow.
 
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