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Mark C Johnson

There are some great ones (especially in Austria) ... and a lot weak ones ... (further South) The great ones are fine with food ... I've never had an Austrian version of orange wine, but I love Austrian whites and would love to give it a try. (If you have any specific recs/favorites that might be a...

Mark C Johnson

Fabulous write-up and wonderful experience! Thanks!

Mark C Johnson

I thought Raveneau produced an Irancy. Or was it Dauvissat?

Mark C Johnson

So cool to have that maggy of Fonsalette. My initiation was a 750 of the 1998 Cuvee Syrah and boy, what a head turner. These wines are special!

Nice "other" bottles also!

Mark C Johnson

Sounds like you're having a great growing season Gautier. I hope the weather continues to be helpful for you and your son's first harvest! Thank you for the continuing updates.

Aloha!

Mark C Johnson

I used to love this stuff. When I lived in SF I would scour the avenues for mom & pop shops and find great things like old Inglenook Cask bottles and stuff. I'd be on my knees and the woman behind the register would rush over and ask what I was looking for. Wine I said!

Mark C Johnson

I like Bill Nanson's Burgundy Report very much. He has many new and "off the beaten path" producers. He reviews wines, usually by appellation but he also showcases producers. Reports over two years old are available to non-subscribers. I'm a subscriber.

Mark C Johnson

BTW, Welcome!

Mark C Johnson

David Kingsbury wrote: ↑
June 12th, 2020, 10:30 pm
A Flaming Groovies reference? Love it. The wine sounds interesting.

Thank you

Coming out of the wood works. Thanks for the reference, was also gonna call it out. Please participate!

Mark C Johnson

I love Leon Barral’s wines. The reds are all very good, but if you get a chance to try one of his whites with a bit of age you won’t be disappointed either. It’s worth looking up how he makes them, mostly with ancient Terret Blanc and Gris. As to Faugeres in general, there are a whole load of super...

Mark C Johnson

We have been pleased with our Govinos. Same. Great little glasses by the pool, camping, etc. Best plastic glasses I've seen for sure. My problem with Govinos is that if it is windy they will move, fall over, spill or fly away. I also prefer the metal lidded goblet shaped that can be had a Costco.

Mark C Johnson

I bought ten to twelve of the Faustino Gran Reservas and they've been drinking quite well...at least the last time I had it a year or so ago.

Mark C Johnson

I have been to "Joy of Sake" numerous times. Very enlightening as to the quality spectrum of sake. I will order your book Gualtier. As an aside, my wife has many Japanese restaurant clients whom we often entertain with wine themed dinners. They often bring me a bottle of sake as an omiyage (gift). I...

Mark C Johnson

I just want to add my two cents about how I enjoyed reading this thread. I enjoyed your description of your appellation and hope we hear more from you Gautier. I only wish I had access to your wines here in Hawaii!

Mark C Johnson

So you have to buy two to get one good one?

Mark C Johnson

Thanks. I will look for it.

Mark C Johnson

J B a s k a m wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2020, 6:38 pm

TomHill wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2020, 2:53 pm
John,
Was that closed by a NeoCorq or a screwcap??
Tom
Tom - It was a NeoCorq.

Worst. Closure. Ever.

Mark C Johnson

Nice! Not too young? How about age-ability? What's the price point on this? Understanding you are in Oz.

Mark C Johnson

Mike Evans wrote: ↑
April 20th, 2020, 4:42 am

Mark C Johnson wrote: ↑
April 19th, 2020, 9:47 pm
Nice brace of wines. Thanks for the notes. I have to re-think Cali chards.
I’ll apologize in advance for the pedantry, but a “brace” as a measure of quantity means a pair.

Pedantry accepted! Correction made.

Mark C Johnson

Nice bunch of wines. Thanks for the notes. I have to re-think Cali chards.

Mark C Johnson

I opened a Meo-Camuzet Freres & Soeurs 2007 CM Les Cras the other night and was disappointed. When I think of chambolle I think of "lacy texture" (thanks Jeremy Holmes!) and elegant and this wine was quite extracted and heavy/disjointed. To add to that it had a woody quality that made the wine taste...

Mark C Johnson

The few Barat chablis I've had over the years never impressed me enough to go back for more. I think just a boring producer.

Mark C Johnson

To Doug's point, recently on Instagram, I believe Chartogne-Taillet (if I am wrong, then my apologies now) posted a photo where the row next to their adjacent row, the other producer was farming conventionally and the contrast was stark. There are indeed instances where the two philosophies collide...

Mark C Johnson

Welcome both of you to the Berserker's Forum! Hope to hear from both of you. Sorry to hear of your Burgundy interest. Churchill's comment about Russia seems appropriate, "a mystery wrapped inside an enigma". Anyway, my favorite subject of study but also one I am completely idiotic about. Good luck! ...

Mark C Johnson

Cherish it and move on.....

Mark C Johnson

I am a big fan of Faconnières The growers in Morey have just paid for a geological survey of their vineyards, but the results aren't out yet Thanks for joining in the discussion Jasper. Any producers you care to mention. I have some recent bottlings from Marchand Freres but have yet to open one. MTIA

Mark C Johnson

Pretty good note! thx for that. Here's Andrew Jeffords guide on how to write tasting notes: 1: No fruit salad Analogical descriptors are useful – if used in moderation. Limit yourself to half a dozen at most, ideally those with some sensual kinship with one another. 2: Remember the structure A wine...

Mark C Johnson

Beautiful tribute, Nicos! Lovely color on that wine. Cheers and RIP Michael Broadbent.

Mark C Johnson

Sorry! Not a bachelor but wish I could share. I'd bring an ESJ. 2001 Wylie Fenaughty syrah.

Mark C Johnson

Thread dredging is da bomb. He said from 1996.

Mark C Johnson

Jay Miller wrote: ↑
February 29th, 2020, 12:37 pm

Andrew Morris wrote: ↑
February 29th, 2020, 12:26 pm
Would gifting them some glasses that would be a big upgrade from what they have now be too much?
I've done that.

This a million times. Go to Costco and get the 8 pack Bordeaux stems. Cheap and good and they have good glasses going forward.

Mark C Johnson

"There were forty to fifty guests and no one was thirty at the night's end."

After so many great wines I'd forget my age too!

Mark C Johnson

Martin, Please tone it down. This board is often accused of sexist references and this is a prime example. Surely there can be better ways of expressing your excitement.

Mahalo,
Mark

Mark C Johnson

Tell it like it is John! And thank you for that. Haven't had any of these but will avoid thanks to your notes. I have had the Voge from 2007 which was very ok but not exciting. Maybe a label to steer clear from.

Mark C Johnson

Always love the note presentations on the wonderful old wines you drink, Nicos. This is another beauty. Happy New Year!

Mark C Johnson

A. So wrote: ↑
January 1st, 2020, 9:05 pm
Ridge Monte Bello

I have to agree with this. And that's why I continue to buy it on futures. My only winery list.

Mark C Johnson

Had the Laflaive Macon Verzy on Thursday. Very big meyer lemon drop but balanced and approachable. Quite delicious after 30 minutes or so. Still at $65, overpriced! This was $35, is $65 the going tariff now? At $35 it was high end Macon with Lafon, $65 seems way too high to me unless it's on a wine...

Mark C Johnson

Had the Laflaive Macon Verzy on Thursday. Very big meyer lemon drop but balanced and approachable. Quite delicious after 30 minutes or so. Still at $65, overpriced!

Mark C Johnson

Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne blanc les Femelottes has a nice mouthfeel and good density for a bb but there is some sweetness (RS?) that is a tad cloying. Hoping that will age out with a year or two?

Mark C Johnson

I thought maybe you were interviewed by Terry Gross!

Mark C Johnson

Michael S. Monie wrote: ↑
November 7th, 2019, 2:59 pm
Cellar everything. Amazing how good Bolly Special Cuvée can be with a few years of age.

This. Many NV with 5-7 years are great. I'm thinking H. Billiot rose & white, Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle, Pierre Peters and many more. Extended aging? I have 2 bots of 1996 Salon I'm hoping will pay off.

Mark C Johnson

I've had great bottles of 1985/1986 CA cabs in the past few years including Dominus, Pahlmeyer, Ridge and Caymus. I'm sure they are fine but storage may be an issue. Also, they are at peak or slightly past so you'd have to be an appreciator of "mature wine". Could offer a great lesson in CA cab evol...

Mark C Johnson

Make sure to pack enuf champagne!!

Mark C Johnson

Have a friend who stored his wine in ambient Hawaii weather. (Underneath his house) We are talking bordeaux, cali cabs, cali pinot and some amarones and others. Mid 1990's into the 2000's. For me these wines always showed dusty, muted fruit, no freshness at all. Stripped of sensual pleasure and inte...

Mark C Johnson

Nice notes Frank, thanks. Have you given up on white burg?

Mark C Johnson

Cool bottle. Lucky you!

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Mark C Johnson

Boy do I wish I lived in NYC!!

Mark C Johnson

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2019, 1:59 pm

Mark C Johnson wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2019, 1:24 pm
William, what do you mean by "filigree structure"?

mtia
likely a laciness like seen in Latricieres Chambertin.

I'm curious about this comment Alan, I find Chambolle "lacy" do you find Latricieres also "lacy" like Chambolle?

Mark C Johnson

William, what do you mean by "filigree structure"?

mtia

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