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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
New year's dinner given by a couple whom I have known slightly for a long time, and who live upstairs from our holiday Tribeca rental.

No other wine geeks, so didn't feel like casting too many pearls. As a result, everything was too young, nothing was the bee's knees, and it was all rather unsatisfying. Let that be a lesson to me (one I suspect I will not take to heart).

NV Chartogne-Taillet Sainte Anne Brut 12.0%
35% Chardonnay/65% Pinot Noir. Dosage 5.5gr. 2013 (60%), 2012 (40%). Disgorged 09/2016. Attractive enough, but nothing to write home about. Finishes bitter. Expect more from C-T, though this will likely deliver some day.

2014 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Poulsard 12.5%
Lightly lactic whiff soon blows off. Tastes on the simple side, but easy to drink; went down surprisingly well with the crowd.

2014 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Trousseau Les Bérangères 13.0%
More personality, some graphite. Good weight and balance, shows promise.

2010 André Beaufort Ambonnay Rosé Brut 12.0%
100% Pinot Noir. Disgorged 10/16. Gorgeous chromatics, but reminded me of cherry syrup used in candy. Not impressed. One for Ted Nugent and the Ambonnay Dukes.
 
2010 Luneau-Papin Butte de la Roche
More broad than angular, this became happiest as it progressed towards room temperature.

2007 CRB gamay was still nice, though on the downslope, despite the fake cork.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
No other wine geeks, so didn't feel like casting too many pearls. As a result, everything was too young, nothing was the bee's knees, and it was all rather unsatisfying. Let that be a lesson to me (one I suspect I will not take to heart)...
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I can sympathize with the problem, as I believe we all can. I get very excited when I find a wine that suits my needs as well as the more casual party guests. But I would have thought you had a fair shot with the Puffeney wines, as long as the guests didn't crave over-ripeness.

For my evening we drank 2014 Chandon de Briailles Île de Vergelesses Blanc which was perfectly fine, elegant, round, gentle white Burgundy. But no sparks. I should have known! I was curious to see if I could taste a vineyard connection to the Île de Vergelesses rouge, but alas I could not.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
No other wine geeks, so didn't feel like casting too many pearls. As a result, everything was too young, nothing was the bee's knees, and it was all rather unsatisfying. Let that be a lesson to me (one I suspect I will not take to heart).
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Alas, yes. Me, too.

Last night's festivities were augmented, however, by finishing off the homemade egg nog. Aged six weeks, already with rum and brandy in it and I added (alternately) Kahlua and Cointreau.
 
Quite a few tasty treats with some fellow disorderlies last night. Maybe Salil or Jay will post notes at some point, but easily the wine of the night for me was the '15 Grünhauser Abtsberg Riesling Spätlese. Insane wine!
 
a new kid on the block--chapelle st. theodoric chteauneuf le grand pin 2014. first vintage around 2009.

wine made by baptiste grangeon of cristia. vineyards owned by peter weygant.

le grand pin vineyard is 100% sand very high elevation on the pignan hill adjacent to rayas. 100% grenache farmed organically. the wine made in a very hands off style of yesteryear, a burgundian chateauneuf. lovely, lilting, and clean. anti-spoof wine. it made it through 7 episodes of 2016 portlandia.
 
originally posted by robert ames:
a new kid on the block--chapelle st. theodoric chteauneuf le grand pin 2014. first vintage around 2009.

wine made by baptiste grangeon of cristia. vineyards owned by peter weygant.

le grand pin vineyard is 100% sand very high elevation on the pignan hill adjacent to rayas. 100% grenache farmed organically. the wine made in a very hands off style of yesteryear, a burgundian chateauneuf. lovely, lilting, and clean. anti-spoof wine. it made it through 7 episodes of 2016 portlandia.
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My first hieroglyphic response. It feels unsatisfying: I agree in liking the st. theodoric. But I think it more like Rayas (the handful I have tasted) than like Burgundy.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Last night's festivities were augmented, however, by finishing off the homemade egg nog. Aged six weeks, already with rum and brandy in it and I added (alternately) Kahlua and Cointreau.
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Ooh, that sounds good! How did the Cointreau do in the deal, though?
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Last night's festivities were augmented, however, by finishing off the homemade egg nog. Aged six weeks, already with rum and brandy in it and I added (alternately) Kahlua and Cointreau.
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Ooh, that sounds good! How did the Cointreau do in the deal, though?
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Just fine: it added an orange aether without the brandy fermentiness that comes with Grand Marnier (or the grande champagne cognac I was drinking before the nog).
 
Among others, a 2001 Jamet, Côte Rotie which was youthful yet complex.
Grilling at the beach for the new year and no driving involved.
Best, Jim
 
2013 Bouchard Inflorescence blanc de noir to start (quite good altho no match for its 2008 counterpart from my cellar a few weeks ago) followed by the 2001 and 2008 Rousseau Beze with dinner and a half bottle of 2001 Climens to finish. Oh, and drinking with wine geeks.
 
It was Marie Demets Extra Brut Reserve with caviar, creme fraiche and gluten-free blini. Lovely stuff all around.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Quite a few tasty treats with some fellow disorderlies last night. Maybe Salil or Jay will post notes at some point, but easily the wine of the night for me was the '15 Grünhauser Abtsberg Riesling Spätlese. Insane wine!
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Sounds great. Always love to hear about great showings of Grünhaus. But given the youth of the wine (and yes I love the vintage, but still), I wonder if that WOTN status reflects more on the glories of the Grünhaus or the weaknesses of the other candidates.
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Quite a few tasty treats with some fellow disorderlies last night. Maybe Salil or Jay will post notes at some point, but easily the wine of the night for me was the '15 Grünhauser Abtsberg Riesling Spätlese. Insane wine!
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I'll put up some notes tomorrow, but that was quite a lineup. Hard to pick a favorite - the Kruger-Rumpf Eiswein, 06 Plouzeau Ante-Phylloxera, 13 Benetiere, and the 97 Schaefer were all outstanding.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by MLipton:
gluten-free blini.
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Out of curiosity, what are they made from?
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Gluten-free flour, silly! Jean's quite fond of Pamela's, which surpringly substitutes 1:1 for all-purpose in most recipes.

Mark Lipton
 
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