originally posted by Marc D:
YABWTN +NFBFFsThe 05 Breton Chinon Beaumont was open and delicious this week, with some ripe fruit and a little dried herbs. Lively and easy to drink with good tannins. An ideal Chinon.
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
I've squirreled away a stash.
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Marc D:
YABWTN +NFBFFsThe 05 Breton Chinon Beaumont was open and delicious this week, with some ripe fruit and a little dried herbs. Lively and easy to drink with good tannins. An ideal Chinon.
Nice. Will you be holding on to more of these? I always wondered how they aged in comparison to the other bottlings.
originally posted by VLM: Well. The 2002 is drinking very well right now.
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
Sweet.
My bottle had a plastic cork, but more important is I like how it tastes now, so I will probably drink the other 2 bottles I own pretty soon.originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Marc D:
YABWTN +NFBFFsThe 05 Breton Chinon Beaumont was open and delicious this week, with some ripe fruit and a little dried herbs. Lively and easy to drink with good tannins. An ideal Chinon.
Nice. Will you be holding on to more of these? I always wondered how they aged in comparison to the other bottlings.
This is quite paradoxical, you know.originally posted by VLM:
a 2004 last night, but it was reduced (neo-cork)
originally posted by SFJoe:
This is quite paradoxical, you know.originally posted by VLM:
a 2004 last night, but it was reduced (neo-cork)
originally posted by SFJoe:
Neo-cork is more permeable than average bark. Should be oxidized over time, rather than reduced. Screwcaps have reduction problems, more typically.