TNs: 2 Burgs @ $20 a pop

WINE TALK
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Man, you can just smell the tiger blood in the air. Tonight was so winning.

1993 Domaine Machard de Gramont Chorey-les-Beaune “Les Beaumonts”: The nose is giving a textbook perfumed funk of rubber/barnyard meets rose petals and lavender. This was tight and closed upon opening and then just blossomed after about an hour in the decanter. The palate is the definition of balance with acidity, fruit, and spice all in perfect harmony. The fruit enters with very spicy cherries that soften to light raspberries and salty minerals on the finish. An incredibly impressive wine that way outperforms its pedigree.
91 pts.

2003 Domaine de Chantemerle 1er Fourchaume: There’s a light and edgy wet river rock meets lemon zest component that’s wrapped inside a richer blanket of beeswax and whipped cream; A beautiful commingling of the fresh and zesty and the rich and fat. This is some stupid good juice. As unpleasant as '03 was in most of Burgundy, it certainly appears to have made quite an opulent Chablis here. 92+ pts.
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Did they pair well with the goldfish?

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It was probably the burgundy that you were smelling and confused for tiger blood. Most of the 2003 Chablis I’ve had, tastes more like Meursault.

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Name one thing that doesn’t pair well with Goldfish.

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Is that a roll of TP on the table?

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Piranha

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I don’t know of this “TP” of which you speak. That is high quality bath tissue sitting atop a TV tray.

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Touché.

neener

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You bought a plate!

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I know we’re supposed to ask, so I’ll be the one to take a turn – where did you buy these for $20?

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No, he was in the virgin record store in Mid-town, but unbeknown to most, it was the former site of the Limoges factory store. He asked if they had any old plates they wanted to get rid of…“maybe in the basement” sure enough there he uncovered a stash of Prince Charles and Lady Di’s original pattern in a box marked “Sting CD’s”

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2013 called. It wants its joke back.

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Good question, Chris. These came from two different stores in the greater Chicagoland area. The Chorey-les-Beaune came from the same store I got my Churchills at. The owner was a bit of a blowhard though. He was boasting about how he used to have a buyer come in from Colorado to buy wines from him. I’m still trying to get him to let me into the store’s basement.

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Amazing how many times I read 2003 tasting notes like this, mostly from Vosne Romanee or Gevrey Chambertin or Chambolle Musigny. The tasters always say some variation of “I know 2003 sucked, but this wine is fantastic and delicious”. 11 years in, seems like a whole lot of these wines are quite fantastic. Will be interesting to see what happens with another 9-14 years, do they become legendary???

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Some wines from the vintage may go on to prove “legendary”. Other wines were devastatingly bad. Under scorching temps, older vines with extensive root systems and northerly exposure probably fared better than most.

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Cat

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I’m not surprised at all that these are $20. I bet if you walked into a random good wine store with a close out bin you might find the same, random no name producer from no name vineyards on the cheap.

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I remember we had a thread awhile back that had the premise: “Just because you like it, doesn’t make it good”.

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Nothing is more rewarding than exploring and enjoying wine on your own terms.

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