MUSIGNY – MUSIGNY - MUSIGNY x 28 in GRAZ

[Peter_Chiu]

Hmm, myself I like my women, complex and seductive, senuous, and savory Asian spicy

Are you sue…

Yes - Burgundy is a like a beauty lady, complex and suductive, senuous, and savory Asian spricy; but …alas…she has,very often, a very hot temper.

What I mean is : sometimes she smiles ( at us ) … and sometimes…she doesn"t .

Better stay with Bordeaux. She is like a beautiful wife, always there. No …my ZenMasterOfZin ?

[Gerhard_P]

@Claude Kolm

Peter – I think Hugh Johnson had an even better quote about Musigny, maybe the best one ever, in his World Atlas of Wine: “Whoever said that Musigny was a feminine wine was a great admirer of women.”

+1

@Peter Chiu

Yes - Burgundy is a like a beauty lady, complex and suductive, senuous, and savory Asian spricy; but …alas…she has,very often, a very hot temper.
What I mean is : sometimes she smiles ( at us ) … and sometimes…she doesn"t .

I like both quotes very much!
I would add: WHEN “she” smiles it´s the most heart-warming intense smile you can imagine …

@Peter Chiu

…
Better stay with Bordeaux. She is like a beautiful wife, always there. No …my ZenMasterOfZin ?

No - for me a Bordeaux is masculine … (and I´m definitely heterosexual … )

[Claude_Kolm]

Interesting that the line about Musigny being a feminine wine (which in the text is as Gordon quoted it above, although I prefer my reformulation/paraphrasing) had been in every edition since the original (1971), but has been dropped from the current edition of the World Atlas of Wine, which Jancis Robinson is now responsible for and credited with being co-author. In its place, the current text (2007, 6th edition) says, “but it fully warrants ten to 15 years’ ageing.” Anyone have any inside knowledge on this change?

I mean, could anyone really take that as sexist? I asked my girlfriend and she said, no. OTOH, when we went to Barthod some years ago and Ghislaine spoke of wines as feminine, I asked my current girlfriend after if she took offense and she said, no; but a previous girlfriend had taken offense on an earlier visit to Barthod when Ghislaine used the term.

[Peter_Chiu]

@Claude Kolm

Interesting that the line about Musigny being a feminine wine (which in the text is as Gordon quoted it above, although I prefer my reformulation/paraphrasing) had been in every edition since the original (1971), but has been dropped from the current edition of the World Atlas of Wine, which Jancis Robinson is now responsible for and credited with being co-author. In its place, the current text (2007, 6th edition) says, “but it fully warrants ten to 15 years’ ageing.” Anyone have any inside knowledge on this change?

I mean, could anyone really take that as sexist? I asked my girlfriend and she said, no. OTOH, when we went to Barthod some years ago and Ghislaine spoke of wines as feminine, I asked my current girlfriend after if she took offense and she said, no; but a previous girlfriend had taken offense on an earlier visit to Barthod when Ghislaine used the term.

OK…Claude : just to avoid complication, how about we agree on Musigny is like an angel; and that the best description is by Gaston Roupel : “the scent of dewy garden….of the rose and the violet at dawn.”

[Andrew_Gelb]

Gerhard,

I am late to the thread; but, as a long-time lover of Musigny, I want to thank you for the effort you put into your attempt to educate us about a tasting that sounds remarkable, certainly one I cannot even dream of attending. I find your summary –

“Almost all wines showed a certain red-berried fruit with pronounced sweetness and in most cases a fine velvet texture, often minerally and flowery components, and even when a bit plummy outstanding finesse and complexity. The tannins were never in the foreground, well integrated into the fruit – and also the oak was never prominent and really „eaten“ by the depth and concentration of almost all wines. …”

– to be very similar to my impressions, which obviously are based on less extensive tasting experience. It is my favorite vineyard, in my favorite village, and I truly enjoy reading notes such as yours, as well as, for the most part, the commentary it engenders from many other, for the most part, experienced tasters.

Thanks,
Andrew

[Andrew_Gelb]

@Claude Kolm

Peter – I think Hugh Johnson had an even better quote about Musigny, maybe the best one ever, in his World Atlas of Wine: “Whoever said that Musigny was a feminine wine was a great admirer of women.”

I always have enjoyed that quote, regardless of whether it was set forth completely accurately and in context.

Cheers,
Andrew

[Peter_Chiu]

It is my favorite vineyard, in my favorite village,

Andrew…same here .

LT used to be my favorite and as I got more matured, I now have a slight preference to Musginy as there so many producers ( = hence so many different styles ).