Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
2005 Vatan Clos la Néore is spiky glory. It feels a bit the heat, but there one is. On a terrace in Philadelphia it is of a pair with the sun. How can I depict the slightly scrapy but ultimately deep touch of it?
2012 Nicolas Gonin Persan is a surly cousin to Syrah, punchin' about but not really hitting it. This was more simple, to my tastes, than previous excitement I'd felt over the Gonin Persan. Still want to champion this grape. Punch, punch, punch.
2010 Laherte Vignes d'Autrefois is running around the field after winning a match. Such great wines is Aurélien making, and this is no less of a good example. Savory without any of the blecchy lactic or leesy things that sometimes mar champagne. Believe to be meunier, but will check up. This was the effing bomb.
1999 Ganevat Vigne de Mon Père is holy hell of deep + complex + savory; there was a discussion of whether it was ouillé or sous voile (verdict, per importer post hoc: ouillé), 130 months in barrel, fantastic thing, double decanted by CR, generous pourer of same. Stays on the palate for encores.
2012 Ceritas Escarpa Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is too bleedin' young. Was an object of amusement (?) by Bourgueil vignernonne and a strange side dish to some way old Beaujolais at New York's Racines.
Way old Beaujolais had a bunch last night, but opinions, including mine, were spread.
More anon.
2012 Nicolas Gonin Persan is a surly cousin to Syrah, punchin' about but not really hitting it. This was more simple, to my tastes, than previous excitement I'd felt over the Gonin Persan. Still want to champion this grape. Punch, punch, punch.
2010 Laherte Vignes d'Autrefois is running around the field after winning a match. Such great wines is Aurélien making, and this is no less of a good example. Savory without any of the blecchy lactic or leesy things that sometimes mar champagne. Believe to be meunier, but will check up. This was the effing bomb.
1999 Ganevat Vigne de Mon Père is holy hell of deep + complex + savory; there was a discussion of whether it was ouillé or sous voile (verdict, per importer post hoc: ouillé), 130 months in barrel, fantastic thing, double decanted by CR, generous pourer of same. Stays on the palate for encores.
2012 Ceritas Escarpa Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is too bleedin' young. Was an object of amusement (?) by Bourgueil vignernonne and a strange side dish to some way old Beaujolais at New York's Racines.
Way old Beaujolais had a bunch last night, but opinions, including mine, were spread.
More anon.