TN: This and that. (end of October 2017)

Jeff Grossman

Jeff Grossman
Had a few bottles here and there recently.

Clos du Joncuas 2015 Vacqueyras "La Font de Papier" - crisp, cool blue fruits, a bit of malo-sourced butteriness (or, at least, very delicately so), a nice little wine at a good price

Baudry 2014 Chinon Rouge - good ripeness and, as always, shapely in the mouth, a bit of shoe polish distracts me, I will admit

Scherrer 2007 Syrah "Sasha" - open right now: on opening, incredibly youthful and intense, shockingly so; a few minutes later, it acts a bit more like a ten-year-old wine and doesn't run roughshod over the food (cuisse de canard confit, cracklins of same, vegetable medley sauteed in the same fry-pan); ETA: very blue-fruit, tannic but not over-bearingly so, throwing sediment everywhere, minerally (not in a chalky way), very rich; if you like your St-Joseph really in your face, this is it; served with heavy food, it's working
 
Clos du Joncuas used always to have older wines available at the Caveau in Gigondas and they were very good. Alas, they seemed to have stopped doing that. I'd expect the Vacqueyras to be able to age some, as well.
 
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