Happy New Year!

jose michel cuvee pinot meunier brut
2005 clos briords muscadet sur lie from magnum
2003 la forest dauvissat chablis
1996 clos des papes cndp blanc
1998 coutier brut
1995 vieux telegraphe cndp from magnum
1996 allemend chaillots cornas from magnum
2000 allemand chaillots cornas from magnum
2005 dageneau (sp?) silex pouilly fume from magnum
1985 warre's vintage port

the vieux telegraphe and the 1996 cornas were the best, with the clos briords nipping at their heels.
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Love that '95 VT, Robert. I unfortunately wasted my only mag of it this past spring on CDP hatahs.
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Yeah, me too. Unfortunately, the 1995 Beaucastel I had New Years Eve was a bit of a disappointment. Not much going on aromatically and still seeming a bit clinched. I fear that Prof. Loesberg may be right about that one.
 
yes, i would expect beaucastels to take a good longer than vt's to reach their nirvana.

brad, the very notion of cdp haters leaves me musing on paraphrasing samuel johnson. . ."when you're tired of cdp, you're tired of life". (the original is of course "when you're tired of london, you're tired of life".)
 
1999 Selbach-Oster Graacher Domprobst Spatlese; we couldn't go overboard on New Years eve, since we had two parties to go to on New Year's day. But the wine was very satisfying - flowers in a pine forest, rain on hotstones and plenty of fruit.

Best wishes and (more important) luck to all in 2009,

Christian
 
A few sparklers:

Poema Cava

Domaine Carneros 2005 Brut

J Russian River Cuvee Brut

Gruet Brut

None of these were special but since the crowd wasn't looking for exceptional quality I went for good QPR.
 
For me the highlight was a magnum of 1966 Jaboulet-Vercherre Pommard Domaine de la Commeraine (sp?).

A lot of corked and otherwise flawed wines that night. But that's 2008 all over, had to stick it to us one last time. Goodbye and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

To be fair, there were a lot of good things in 2008. But a difficult year nonetheless.
 
I was still holding out some hopes for the 95 Beau. I had heard it was opening up. If it is still closed down, it really is at the point where I don't know that it will ever really be open.

I like the 95 VT a lot as well. Also 95 Vieux Donjon and 95 Bosquet des Papes (showing beautifully on New Year's Eve) and 95 Clos des Papes. With the exception of the VT, though, I don't think any of these wines better than their 94 siblings and none of them live up to their original billing. Pegau and Charvin both now have a certain severe intellectual pleasure to offer (Charvin more than Pegau, and it may come around more), but still...As I keep saying, with these wines at nearly 14 years of old, their future is now
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Joe_Perry:
1988 Camille Loye Arbois Trousseau de Saint-Paul
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Where did you dig that up?

Has someone been storing it since release? (assuming you were a bit young at the time)
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The way I understand it, Camille Loye sells library wines to select restaurants. I just happened to be looking at the right winelist.

Best,
Joe
 
jonathan--per mr. livingston-learmonth (drinkrhone.com, and the best rhone expert i've found), the '95 beaucastel is not yet really out of its shell. he estimates from 2009 "for its real flourishing".
 
originally posted by robert ames:
jonathan--per mr. livingston-learmonth (drinkrhone.com, and the best rhone expert i've found), the '95 beaucastel is not yet really out of its shell. he estimates from 2009 "for its real flourishing".
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Isn't it 2009 now?

Had the 1995 VT about 1.5 years ago and it was impressive, but at the time just emerging from its shell (especially as compared to some older examples in the vertical).
 
originally posted by robert ames:
jonathan--per mr. livingston-learmonth (drinkrhone.com, and the best rhone expert i've found), the '95 beaucastel is not yet really out of its shell. he estimates from 2009 "for its real flourishing".
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Well, I did finish it at about 11:30.

Damn drinking windows.
 
I lost some confidence in Learmonth (or is it Learmouth?) after I read his review of the 1988 Guigal Mouline, one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted. Oh well...
 
originally posted by robert ames:
2000 allemand chaillots cornas from magnum
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How was this?

I opened a 750 on New Year's Eve, but the cork had a natural canyon that ran the whole length of the cork and resulted in quite a bit of leakage. The wine was very severe - some iron and blood, but no fruit and next to no tannin. I did manage to get it decanted, but being New Year's eve it was slurped up within an hour or so by the others present (despite some geeky protestations on my part), so I didn't get to see if it ever opened up. I have more and would love to hear your impressions.

Cheers,

Dave
 
originally posted by Carl Steefel:
I lost some confidence in Learmonth (or is it Learmouth?) after I read his review of the 1988 Guigal Mouline, one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted. Oh well...
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Well, I wouldn't be too hard on him. I am not much of a Guigal fan, but the 1988s were pretty darn good in my experience with them.

That being said, I've never read the guys stuff.
 
originally posted by Dave Nelson:
originally posted by VLM:
AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

Why does everyone insist on torturing me so?
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Seriously?

Cheers,

Dave
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The S-word is like nails on a blackboard for me. I've been petitioning the politburo to censor it, to no avail.

Sharon likes to torture me by using it in conjunction with Champ*&^s
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Carl Steefel:
I lost some confidence in Learmonth (or is it Learmouth?) after I read his review of the 1988 Guigal Mouline, one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted. Oh well...
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Well, I wouldn't be too hard on him. I am not much of a Guigal fan, but the 1988s were pretty darn good in my experience with them.

That being said, I've never read the guys stuff.
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Yes, hard to evaluate wines when they are young, and he might even have had an off bottle, who knows? A tricky business all the way around...
 
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