Oct. 14 in DC?

Thanks for coming and making a fun evening, Mark. A few comments on the wines. The Truchot was from Les Sorbes, not Clos Sorbes. Different premier cru. Truchot sold the Clos Sorbes when he sold the domaine but these vines (and a small house) belong to his wife and remained. Apparently the juice from Les Sorbes used to be included in the morey villages.

I found the Jouan to be jammy and dense, which I aatribute to the vintage. The Steinreisler finally opened and gave up much more fruit a very interesting pairing with the Prager, a wine I love. I sacrificed time with the vatan to spend it on the aged rieslings (loved the schaefer tho) and had more than enough to drink by the time I got to Jonathan's offering.
 
Mark it was great to see you again. As I noted my one evening with Roumier MSDs (at the TGJP) was rather disappointing, with the wines rather simple and a bit brutal. And Mary goes by Sullivan.
 
Mark, it was great meeting the real Professor L. I thought the Vatan was the white of the night and Truchot the red. But really, there wasn't a bad wine. When things go this well, I always remember the dinner with Yi Xin at Maureen's.
 
Maureen - Thanks for the correction. I recall you saying that at the time, too, so my bad for not recalling it. Regarding the jamminess of the Jouan, it's all in the context to me: I got to it after the Roumier, after which anything would seem light on its feet. However (this directed to Michael), I am a tad concerned that the Jouan might have been heat damaged, as indicated by that early note of Maderization. Absent a pristine bottle to check it against, however, that is naught but pure speculation. Good to hear about the Steinriesler, too. It's just a question of how long it'll take to uncoil.

Cole - Yes, I also recall your story about the TGJP experience with the Roumier MSD. Sorry for overlooking it during my reportage. And many apologies to Mary. Since my wife also uses a different surname, I should be sensitized to this issue.

Jonathan - The pleasure was mutual. Next time it will be Grenachopalooza. Let others tremble at the thought.

It was truly remarkable how well the wines showed that night, and I do get a bit self-conscious about a meal featuring a half dozen wines that could easily have been the center of attention of a meal, but I think that we got a lot of mileage out of them and had enough left over to share with the staff at the restaurant.

Until next time, DC!
Mark Lipton
 
Mark,

Glad you were able to make it to DC so we could have this jeeb. It was a pleasure to meet you, and to meet Jonathan, Maureen, Cole, and Mary. A first for me despite having lived here for over three years now.

You may be right about the Jouan. Unlike the more recent vintages I own, that bottle was purchased on the secondary market within the last couple of years and I don't know much about its prior history. Strangely, another bottle of the same wine that I opened previously from the same lot did not show the maderized note that this one did. I liked that other bottle quite a bit more than this one. Still, to me, this bottle freshened up enough with time open that I seemed to get past that initial whiff. Or perhaps my sniffer and my palate were just shot by that point. I suppose the table should have opted for my offer to open 2005 Clos Rougeard instead!
 
I just realized from media accounts that Comet Ping Pong Pizza is next door to our jeebus site. That brings the news home in a very visceral way.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
Holy Shit!I just realized from media accounts that Comet Ping Pong Pizza is next door to our jeebus site. That brings the news home in a very visceral way.

Mark Lipton
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Same owner too.
 
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