Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
attendees: Marty, Victor, Sasha, Jayson, Jay, Jeff
In honor of Marty's recent promotion we gather at the local Maison Kayser to pull a few corks. It's been a while since we've been able to pry him loose from home and work long enough to turn a corkscrew bend an Ah-So.
Pascal Doquet 1995 Champagne GC "Coeur de Terroir" - We think this is BdB; lightly bready, showing a bit of age (but development, not pox), this is really nice
Dom. des Marnes Blanches NV Cremant du Jura - says Sasha, "Guilhaume persuaded him to bottle some with zero dosage": despite the "NV" designation this is all 2014 or 2015 fruit, sharp, taut, razor-like acidity, lime and kumquat and pith, better with food than by itself
Dom. Pepiere 2004 Muscadet "Clos des Briords" - spoiled, Jay thinks this bottle was poxxed
Jean-Claude Bessin 2014 Chablis 1er "La Foret" - gorgeous, minerally and AFWE-friendly, there is a richness of texture but a slight skimpiness of body which is very attractive
Muller-Catoir 1998 Haardter Burgergarten Riesling Spatlese Halbtrocken - 14 99; I think if you prick Jay on a leaf day this is what comes out..., amazing intensity, clean and pure, not much sweetness at all (my partner wanted none of it)
Juge 2010 Cornas - OMG, this is a great throwback wine: at first, it's a rough ride of tannin and a drop of volatile acidity rolling loosely around in a huge frame of stemmy and intense ceci-n'est-pas-un-raisin flavor; with air it comes into shape, dark earth showing through the big blue fruit; amazing stuff; about an hour later, it shuts down
Benetiere 2010 Cote-Rotie "Cordeloux" - also open for business: so much lavender, silky tannins, high-toned red fruit, a third gorgeous wine in a row, "I can't believe how big this nose is!" -Marty
Ch. La Tour Haut-Brion 1979 Graves - (adjust headspace, then proceed) very Graves, tobacco and gravel and smoke, and a little delicate, like flavored pipe tobacco in the bowl, I'm more excited by the Rhones but folks are very happy with this wine
Dom. de Chevalier 1978 Graves - corked, smells like celery seed
Dom. Dujac 1998 Morey-St-Denis GC "Clos de la Roche" - pretty, very red-fruit, with air this gets disjointed, spiky and candied, Victor thinks the stems are showing too much
foil-wrapped bottle - announced only as the oldest wine on the table: the bricky color matches that claim, lightweight texture, tannins all resolved, orange peel and smoke, nice but its rep may have suffered from the young-to-old paradigm we followed tonight //Bod. Riojanas 1964 Rioja Riserva "Monte Real"//
In honor of Marty's recent promotion we gather at the local Maison Kayser to pull a few corks. It's been a while since we've been able to pry him loose from home and work long enough to turn a corkscrew bend an Ah-So.
Pascal Doquet 1995 Champagne GC "Coeur de Terroir" - We think this is BdB; lightly bready, showing a bit of age (but development, not pox), this is really nice
Dom. des Marnes Blanches NV Cremant du Jura - says Sasha, "Guilhaume persuaded him to bottle some with zero dosage": despite the "NV" designation this is all 2014 or 2015 fruit, sharp, taut, razor-like acidity, lime and kumquat and pith, better with food than by itself
Dom. Pepiere 2004 Muscadet "Clos des Briords" - spoiled, Jay thinks this bottle was poxxed
Jean-Claude Bessin 2014 Chablis 1er "La Foret" - gorgeous, minerally and AFWE-friendly, there is a richness of texture but a slight skimpiness of body which is very attractive
Muller-Catoir 1998 Haardter Burgergarten Riesling Spatlese Halbtrocken - 14 99; I think if you prick Jay on a leaf day this is what comes out..., amazing intensity, clean and pure, not much sweetness at all (my partner wanted none of it)
Juge 2010 Cornas - OMG, this is a great throwback wine: at first, it's a rough ride of tannin and a drop of volatile acidity rolling loosely around in a huge frame of stemmy and intense ceci-n'est-pas-un-raisin flavor; with air it comes into shape, dark earth showing through the big blue fruit; amazing stuff; about an hour later, it shuts down
Benetiere 2010 Cote-Rotie "Cordeloux" - also open for business: so much lavender, silky tannins, high-toned red fruit, a third gorgeous wine in a row, "I can't believe how big this nose is!" -Marty
Ch. La Tour Haut-Brion 1979 Graves - (adjust headspace, then proceed) very Graves, tobacco and gravel and smoke, and a little delicate, like flavored pipe tobacco in the bowl, I'm more excited by the Rhones but folks are very happy with this wine
Dom. de Chevalier 1978 Graves - corked, smells like celery seed
Dom. Dujac 1998 Morey-St-Denis GC "Clos de la Roche" - pretty, very red-fruit, with air this gets disjointed, spiky and candied, Victor thinks the stems are showing too much
foil-wrapped bottle - announced only as the oldest wine on the table: the bricky color matches that claim, lightweight texture, tannins all resolved, orange peel and smoke, nice but its rep may have suffered from the young-to-old paradigm we followed tonight //Bod. Riojanas 1964 Rioja Riserva "Monte Real"//