Wine Impressions 4-8-19

originally posted by Jayson Cohen:
originally posted by Tristan Welles:

On that note: the '08 1ere tries seem to be ready. We sampled one at the domaine and my first impression was: 'ooh, honey AND white flowers'. The host said that only recently had that secondary characteristic appeared.
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Which one? (I’ve been waiting patiently but figured these would be good old age wines.)

I didn't like the '16 pettillant much. But that could be a result of my inexperience with young Huet sparkling wine.
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Although I don’t have any specific knowledge that the basic grape growing and selection process and winemaking have changed since Pinguet’s retirement, I haven’t cared for any young Petillant since. It could be a vintage thing - we are taking 2011-13. In a word they were ornery. I don’t think 2016 is in the US but would be curious to hear from anyone who has tried 2014-15. I had been planning to track them down, but it slipped my mind. Thanks for the poke.
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my apologies -- it was the 2008 Clos du Bourg 1er trie.

my take on the petillant: it had something like a sour note, a bit off-putting.
 
originally posted by VLM:


But generally, I like to enjoy wines individually over the course of a dinner. If it is a long dinner on a Friday night with company, we will probably average about a bottle per person.
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That strikes me an ideal proportion.

My naive approach to drinking wine cost me in the divinette at Baudry. A bottle of red, announced as Clos Guillot. I just looked at the wine in the glass and immediately thought it didn't have the vigor I associate with Baudry, so 20 years old. Instead, the first step in a guessing game is to know what is possible -- in this case Baudry didn't purchase Clos Guillot until 2002(?) so my guess of '97 was very unlikely. And I know that Baudry has taken quite some time to get the vineyard into the shape it is in. So 2006 shouldn't have surprised me.

The 2018 rose is great, no surprise. Of the 2017 reds: domaine and Les Granges are ready to drink, out of bottle. The others are formidable. It is time to adjust Joguet's old quote: there are three suns shining near Chinon.
 
Vignerons are different than you and me: they drink more wine.

Always a pleasure to read your notes and live vicariously, Dr. Jim. Bebe con dies!
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
Ian,
“Bebe con dies!” - what does it mean?
Best, Jim
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It's either "(he) drinks with the gods!" in Spanish (with god written quaintly) or "(any) bebe (who) con(s sooner or later) dies!" in pig-hipster Anglo-Latin.
 
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