TN: A few wines (March 2018)

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Jeff Grossman

Jeff Grossman
Feraud, Eddie 2005 Chateauneuf-du-Pape - grapey, sweet, thick, meh

Franchino 2011 Gattinara - pretty flavors, a little tannic and rustic, but works well at the table

Immich-Batterieberg 2015 Mosel "C.A.I." Riesling Trocken - just like it was at the Dressner event: gluggable QPR

Anne-Sophie Dubois 2015 Fleurie "Clepsydre" - really good, substantial wine with a whiff of pretty flowers (truly!), ripe but not OTT, I've already drunk two bottles of this

Taylor Fladgate 1977 Vintage Port - Opened as part of birthday celebrations. Day 1: the cork is slightly pushed, and wet, and crumbles on the way out of the neck; not much sediment pours out, though there is a bunch stuck to the bottle; fruity still! somewhat spirity for what it is, not as glyceral as I was expecting, good but not great; pour half of it into a 375ml; Day 3: served with steak, after the old English style of port and roast beef, sturdy enough for the meat but, again, a little mild for VP; oh, well

 
As a 77er, I'm always curious about showings of 77s, although it doesn't sound like it's a particularly great port vintage, as these things go. Though I suppose that's a decent showing for 41.
 
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
As a 77er, I'm always curious about showings of 77s, although it doesn't sound like it's a particularly great port vintage, as these things go. Though I suppose that's a decent showing for 41.
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Actually, '77 is an excellent vintage and Taylor and Fonseca made the two best Ports that year, but given the cork condition, it doesn't sound like it was an intact bottle.

I should point out that Dow's also made a terrific Port in '77, but there's a high rate of tca in them. A sleeper value, though is the '77 Warre's. The '77 Graham's can be too spirity, imo.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
What Brad said, though I think of Graham's as too sweet rather than too spirity.
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Their house style is a little sweeter than some of the others, but that particular vintage, imo, they came out with a lesser effort that shows too spirity.
 
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