TNs: 2005 Patricia Green Notorious strikes again (Dauvissat, Goodfellow, Arlaud, Bachelet, de Moor and More)

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We got a little group together last night to commiserate over wine and pizza, and to discuss moving to Canada :upside_down_face:. No theme, some wines blind, and as always a good time with good guys. We had some Burgundies, OR Pinots and more. Below are some pics and random impressions. I think I also missed a couple wines.

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2018 Dauvissats - more data supports that 2018 white Burgundies are spotty. I’ve not come across a great one from Niellons to Dauvissats and Moreys, Ballot Millots…there’s just something missing in the middle on a lot of these wines. @Steve_McL and I served these blind. No one really got Chablis, more Chassage guesses. The Vaillons had more Chablis character and was more complex, but neither wine really hit where I want Dauvissat to hit. And I don;'t think time will help. Neither could touch the 2015 Sechet I opened for the group in Aug.

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I haven’t had a De Moor wine in some time. This was a hoot. Mike served it blind. It was almost oxidative, but not oxidized- made me think of an LdH wine. @bradkaplan guessed Jura Chard which made sense. Acid, backed with some lactic character. Tropical fruit. Fascinating wine. Continued to open and was uber-complex- if not screaming Chablis.

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So @Mike_Evans did it again with the 2005 Patricia Green Notorious. Some may recall our tasting back during covid when this wine was called Dujac, Cathiard, Lambrays, when served blind. Again, last night, Mike blinded us with the same results. This Patty Green was more Grand Cru red Burgundy than the two actual Grand Crus that followed. Deep earthy nose, that smells like autumn, and spice and tea. Deft balance of fruit and spice. The fruit is beginning to sweeten, like it’s starting to show its age moreso than our previous bottle. Still a tremendous success. Great wine. Thanks, Mike.

We also had a blind 2017 Goodfellow Berserker Day cuvee that was very Burgundian and I kept saying it was the wine you want to spend time with over a good meal. I was happy with this until the Patty Green came along.

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After the Patty Green, these two just didn’t really do much-more indicative of these specific wines, perhaps. 2008 Bachelet Charmes Chambertin was 2008- it had a great nose, and was balanced but it just never really took off for me. Looking at other CT notes, maybe we had a not totally sound bottle?

2014 Arlaud Charmes Chambertin Arlaud usually scratches that itch for me-like Merme-classic and the right material to be very much Burgundy. This had the goods, it was just closed up tight right now and did not provide much pleasure. Meadows says to start drinking in 2030+ and that’s probably correct.

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Thanks for serving as our scribe and to @Steve_McL for hosting. Another great weeknight of wine, food, and company. I liked the Dauvissats more than you did but they didn’t live up to expectations. I was happy with how the De Moor showed and I think you described it well.

Good job by @bradkaplan in correctly identifying the Notorious. It’s a staggeringly good wine. The Goodfellow took its time to fill in and kept getting better with more air. A very different style than the Patty Green but very enjoyable.

By the very end of the night I thought the Bachelet had improved significantly but it took hours to get there. The Arlaud was difficult, with a buttered popcorn note that I struggled to get past.

We also had a Laherte Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature disgorged in July 2020 that was drinking well with enough richness that I didn’t miss the dosage as well as a Clothing Optional that was fun with plenty of Muscat character but a little of something else as well.

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Great notes, thanks. That Patty Green is truly exceptional and world class. I’ll be glass half full and say the fact that the Charmes grand cru and Dauvissat 1ers were a bit outclassed just speaks to how well some of the other wines were showing. Really happy with the Goodfellow Berserker cuvee and glad to have more - it was much more delicate and fruit forward than the Patty Green, but similarly a good Old World-ish New World pinot in its own way. For anyone with the 18 Clothing Optionals, I’d say drink up - this bottle was still lots of fun and really came on nicely an hour or so in, but it’s not quite up to where it was 1-2 years ago.

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Wow, this is blowing my mind right now…

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Second time for us. Not a fluke. Mind blown.

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This is a good summary with more context to my notes. I think you are right on about the relativity of expectation and that not every wine can be wotn.

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Sounds like @Jim_Anderson needs to discover a bottle or two for the BerserkerDay 16 Raffle!

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2005 was a monstrously good vintage in the Willamette Valley, and while the wines from that vintage spent a long time in a closed state, they have been lights out for a couple of years now.

I’m glad the Berserker Cuvee showed well, and in giving up 12 years and a couple of tiers of classification (the Notorious was Patty and Jim’s top wine at the time), I am happy to hear the PGC ran the table that night. They, and now Jim, have been making great wines for a long time :clinking_glasses:

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Glad that wine keeps on doing its thing. 2005 was my favorite vintage until being nudged out by the 2016s. We’ll see on 2023’and 2024. Certainly the advances we have in equipment, vineyard age and management, overall wine making experience and on and on make it no surprise we should be making better wines these days but that vintage will always be a special one for sure.

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We recently opened a 2005 Notorious as well. Showed incredibly well, I can certainly see it being confused blind.

Really it’s exciting to see Pinots outside of Burgundy with such class and balance as they age.

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