Wine Impressions 9-6-18

[BJ]

originally posted by BJ:
You better believe the Rosenthal Beaujolais are great, though we generally rarely see them in Seattle. Ed Addiss used to have a great Beaujolais book until the growers formed some kind of cooperative, but I am sure the three he has now are solid.

We stayed in Regnie in a gite a decade or so ago for a couple weeks. It was owned by one the hundreds of growers in the crus. We tasted his stuff, it was all solid, and he had one centenarian cuvee that was totally top tier, gorgeous. I asked him if he ever thought about exporting and he said he didn't know how and asked if I really thought anyone in outside of the area would be interested in his wines. I have the feeling that story can probably be writ large dozens of times. We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by BJ:

originally posted by BJ:
You better believe the Rosenthal Beaujolais are great, though we generally rarely see them in Seattle. Ed Addiss used to have a great Beaujolais book until the growers formed some kind of cooperative, but I am sure the three he has now are solid.

We stayed in Regnie in a gite a decade or so ago for a couple weeks. It was owned by one the hundreds of growers in the crus. We tasted his stuff, it was all solid, and he had one centenarian cuvee that was totally top tier, gorgeous. I asked him if he ever thought about exporting and he said he didn't know how and asked if I really thought anyone in outside of the area would be interested in his wines. I have the feeling that story can probably be writ large dozens of times. We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

 

[Jayson Cohen]

originally posted by BJ:

originally posted by BJ:
You better believe the Rosenthal Beaujolais are great, though we generally rarely see them in Seattle. Ed Addiss used to have a great Beaujolais book until the growers formed some kind of cooperative, but I am sure the three he has now are solid.

We stayed in Regnie in a gite a decade or so ago for a couple weeks. It was owned by one the hundreds of growers in the crus. We tasted his stuff, it was all solid, and he had one centenarian cuvee that was totally top tier, gorgeous. I asked him if he ever thought about exporting and he said he didn't know how and asked if I really thought anyone in outside of the area would be interested in his wines. I have the feeling that story can probably be writ large dozens of times. We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

Road trip?

 

[VLM]

originally posted by BJ:

originally posted by BJ:
You better believe the Rosenthal Beaujolais are great, though we generally rarely see them in Seattle. Ed Addiss used to have a great Beaujolais book until the growers formed some kind of cooperative, but I am sure the three he has now are solid.

We stayed in Regnie in a gite a decade or so ago for a couple weeks. It was owned by one the hundreds of growers in the crus. We tasted his stuff, it was all solid, and he had one centenarian cuvee that was totally top tier, gorgeous. I asked him if he ever thought about exporting and he said he didn't know how and asked if I really thought anyone in outside of the area would be interested in his wines. I have the feeling that story can probably be writ large dozens of times. We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

I disagree that the Rosenthal Beaujolais are "great", but they're good and I don't fancy arguing over it.

I expand my circle upon recommendations and try new stuff out at restaurants.

 

[BJ]

I am such a Rosenthal fanboy that I pretty much always assume his stuff is great, but that is of course dangerous.

The Beaujolais roadtrip idea sounds fun. We could all do the Ampuis thing and then head up for a dead of winter blast. Smoke in the vineyards, heavy woolen coats, that sort of thing.

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

originally posted by BJ:

We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

I've had similar results in SW France. So many little gems that never make it over here.

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):

originally posted by BJ:

We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

I've had similar results in SW France. So many little gems that never make it over here.

for what it's worth, one of my best friends is French (from grenoble) he often states that the beaujolais producers that have such a following here are not a highly regarded by the French.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:

originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):

originally posted by BJ:

We know the wines of LD, KL, and Chambers because that's our little world. I'm not saying those producers are the same as all the others, they are top tier, but it is a large pool. Walk into any of the cru village communal tasting rooms - there are dozens and dozens of producers and cuvees to try.

No one is going to respond to my rant?

I've had similar results in SW France. So many little gems that never make it over here.

for what it's worth, one of my best friends is French (from grenoble) he often states that the beaujolais producers that have such a following here are not a highly regarded by the French.

Well, sort of. People don't know Coudert in France, but Foillard and the like have strong followings.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Karen Goetz:

originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:

originally posted by Karen Goetz:

originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:

originally posted by VLM:
Chanrion and the Gang of 4

In that order, my friend. Emphatically.

Big YES to Chanrion!

All other things being equal, we want to drink wine made by good people, no?

Sine qua non...

He said all other things being equal

 

[wrrntl]

originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
Isn't Apinost fully non-carbonic? (Speaking of some of the greatest Beaujolais, easily). Coincidentally from limestone, as is Brun's L'Ancien.

Lafarge is another