Notes from the past weeks . . . .

WINE TALK
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Gulped down a lovely bottle of the 2007 Christian Ducroux Regnie with some simply prepared sauteed chicken the other night. The wine has major drinkability factor with lush red fruits, high acid, a “natural” not so see through reddish-brownish color and awesome purity. Lost a little bit on day 2 but still for $14.99 very very hard to beat.

Ooohed and aahed over a great, joyous bottle of the 2007 Bernard Baudry Chinon “Les Granges.” This wine gets better year in and year out with the 2007 even eclipsing the amazing 2005 in my book. Lush, red and herb-infused fruit on a platter of stones with perky acidity, ripe tannins and amazing palate presence. So pure, packed with dark reddish fruits and so pleasurable it is almost sinful this is so inexpensive.

A new wine for me was the 2005 Mas de Cynanque Sain Chinian “Plein Gres” which was a chewy, contemplative wine. Took a while to get going but there is a lovely core of dark black/bluish fruits and lovely cooling minerality and very velvety texture due to the ripe tannins. The fruit has such a great earthy sweetness as great St. Chinian can get. This has the capablity to develop nicely in the mid-term.

Enjoyed one of staples for dry Riesling, the 2004 George Breuer “Terre Montosa” which offers up jarring acidity, bright (high pressure sodium bright!) yellow and stone fruits with a swimming-pool like minerality. Electric wine and with enough fruit and acid to last another ten more years.

Had a stunning bottle of the 2002 Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg Auslese #50 which is about as perfect as fruit Auslese can get. Darkish orange color worried me but the nose sung of botrytis, apricots, mineral water and some white peach flesh. The balance on the palate was just insane. Fruit, botrytis, minerals, acidity woven together in a perfect quilt. A masterful wine. I believe Woodland Hills has 1/2’s for $22.99 or something like that.

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Lyle, nice TN’s I’ve had none of the wines you mentioned (though I will look for them) but anyone who loves Auslese has gotta have good taste!! Have you had any of the 01’ German rieslings yet? [cheers.gif]

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nice note, lyle

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First of all Anthony, are you related to Red? [wink.gif]

Second of all 2001 is the greatest vintage for me, in terms of character, from 1999 to 2008 I can remember. Mosel and Pfalz in particular.

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It’s what I am all about . . . .
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