Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
This is a thank-you event for customers, essentially a hangout evening with wine. Some of the usual faces are here but also some extraordinarily regular nice people, too.
Customers were allowed to bring wine and, of course, the hard-core did.
Yarra Yering 1998 Dry Red Wine No.1 - magnum, 13.3%, "contains 16.0 standard pours", this is the Bordeaux blend from a famous north-facing hillside down under; my nose is greeted with claustrophobic oak but there really is nice wine underneath that: just-so ripeness, gentle but persistent tannins, and a kiss of VA; very agreeable
P. Cotat 2008 Chavignol Rose - SFJoe told me to put this away for 10 years so I did: the wine is now disco orange, with a nostalgic toot of fruit immediately upon entry then it goes all handbag leather and resin and rye bread; very long, savory, and fascinating
Sesti (Castello di Argiano) 2016 Rosso di Montalcino - lactic on entry and somewhat muted thereafter so not much to report
Frat. Alessandria 2014 Barolo "Monvigliero" - 14.5% but tastes like 16%, there is pretty fruit here and something like marzipan... just don't strike a match
Dom. Monier-Perreol 2017 Saint-Joseph - acidity is good but the wine is anonymous, both Jayson and I doubt we could pick this out as syrah if tasted blind
Lapierre 2009 Morgon - magnum, strangely, both Ira and I had pulled this wine, it is big and rich, lots of nose and palate material but it just isn't exciting to drink
Calissano 1967 Barbaresco Riserva Speciale - amazing color yet, practically ruby; vivid acidity and a strong initial nose of camphor; the tannins are very fine and unobtrusive, the perfume is muted at first but develops over the evening, eventually showing hints of tarragon, cherry, hibiscus, and smoke; probably needs to be opened a few days in advance; great showing for wine in a bottle for half a century
Lucian Boillot 2012 Volnay 1er "Les Brouillards" - yup, that's Burgundy all right
Craft Wine 2015 "Origin", Johan Vyd - Willamette pinot noir, this is really nice for a wine I've never heard of, good acids, good dirt, pretty smellies
Dom. de Villaine 2017 Bouzeron - aligote, of course; well-balanced and well-made and not very substantial
Dom. Pelle 2016 Menetou-Salon "Les Blanchais" - complex and rich, it's a quiet AOC but I'm happy to drink this wine
Pio Cesare 1964 Barolo - moldy
Joseph Dorbon 2014 Arbois "Cuvee des Moyne" VV - I was late getting to this bottle so had only a matchsticky sip
Bruno Dangin NV Cremant de Bourgogne "Cuvee Blanche" - another wine with good shape and raised well but lacks any particular charm, note that others liked this better than I did
Customers were allowed to bring wine and, of course, the hard-core did.
Yarra Yering 1998 Dry Red Wine No.1 - magnum, 13.3%, "contains 16.0 standard pours", this is the Bordeaux blend from a famous north-facing hillside down under; my nose is greeted with claustrophobic oak but there really is nice wine underneath that: just-so ripeness, gentle but persistent tannins, and a kiss of VA; very agreeable
P. Cotat 2008 Chavignol Rose - SFJoe told me to put this away for 10 years so I did: the wine is now disco orange, with a nostalgic toot of fruit immediately upon entry then it goes all handbag leather and resin and rye bread; very long, savory, and fascinating
Sesti (Castello di Argiano) 2016 Rosso di Montalcino - lactic on entry and somewhat muted thereafter so not much to report
Frat. Alessandria 2014 Barolo "Monvigliero" - 14.5% but tastes like 16%, there is pretty fruit here and something like marzipan... just don't strike a match
Dom. Monier-Perreol 2017 Saint-Joseph - acidity is good but the wine is anonymous, both Jayson and I doubt we could pick this out as syrah if tasted blind
Lapierre 2009 Morgon - magnum, strangely, both Ira and I had pulled this wine, it is big and rich, lots of nose and palate material but it just isn't exciting to drink
Calissano 1967 Barbaresco Riserva Speciale - amazing color yet, practically ruby; vivid acidity and a strong initial nose of camphor; the tannins are very fine and unobtrusive, the perfume is muted at first but develops over the evening, eventually showing hints of tarragon, cherry, hibiscus, and smoke; probably needs to be opened a few days in advance; great showing for wine in a bottle for half a century
Lucian Boillot 2012 Volnay 1er "Les Brouillards" - yup, that's Burgundy all right
Craft Wine 2015 "Origin", Johan Vyd - Willamette pinot noir, this is really nice for a wine I've never heard of, good acids, good dirt, pretty smellies
Dom. de Villaine 2017 Bouzeron - aligote, of course; well-balanced and well-made and not very substantial
Dom. Pelle 2016 Menetou-Salon "Les Blanchais" - complex and rich, it's a quiet AOC but I'm happy to drink this wine
Pio Cesare 1964 Barolo - moldy
Joseph Dorbon 2014 Arbois "Cuvee des Moyne" VV - I was late getting to this bottle so had only a matchsticky sip
Bruno Dangin NV Cremant de Bourgogne "Cuvee Blanche" - another wine with good shape and raised well but lacks any particular charm, note that others liked this better than I did
