Delicious with burgers from the grill. These drink so well young.
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1992 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir. Selected this for Mother’s Day as this is one of my wife’s favorite producers. 90 minutes in the Grassl decanter and it was drinking fabulous.
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What bottle did your pour down the sink today?
I have had mostly good luck with 2003 Red Bdx as I have stuck to St Julien and St Estephe.
This bottle was completely and utterly undrinkable. Nasty green streak, harsh tannins unbalanced and an horrible sweet and sour under ripe over ripe character. Yuck
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It was a great day in Chicago - how was the Terre Nere?
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It was excellent and more than held its own to the MG. 21 is showing well. Attractive nose of red cherry and dried flowers accompanied by tart red fruit on the palate with a long stony finish. Sneaky depth, no heaviness. I am a big fan of this producer.
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2023 Coudray-Montpensier Chinon
Fresh strawberries and cherries, some with lighter rose petal, tomato preserves, and pyrizine notes. Sour strawberry, maraschino cherry, and rose petal.
Tremendous value Monday night drinker ($16), very enjoyable although ultimately fell a little flat after ~2hrs slow ox.
@brodie_thomson my antipodean brother from another mother! Sampled my first in the Rayas family recently, and lo and behold, it was this one.
Chocolate, ripe black cherries, soft mellow tannins and acid, brown sugar note. 15% Alc. Grenache (50%), Cinsault (35%), Syrah (15%)
In my (blind) wisdom, I called this “Right bank Merlot-dominant Bordeaux, with some age on it.” Shows what I know. Others called “Rhone of some sort”
A big winter wine, with cassoulet, for preference. But we had it (and several other things besides), with this…
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Once served the Louviere 1990 against the 1990 LMHB and Haut Brion. Ended up second, with HB being the best and La Mission in third. All performed well; the Louviere is not just a good wine, but an outstanding one.
Why Steve, why?
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Yes, this Dujac was a youthful error in judgement…The wine was too youthful, and I made the error.
To be fair, I was curious to check in because I have a few more, but you would mistake it for a nicely made 22 Burgundy, maybe a 1er. Would have been fine if it clocked in at $100, but no
A tasty glass right now but still essentially a simple and primary “young” wine at 10 years old. Better to let these sleep and see what the years bring.
Happens to us all at times. My expression for it is “at that age, it’s just good pinot.” It’s not yet Dujac or Clos de la Roche.
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Factor in too that I have the palate of a hamster and I like younger wines. Still, it needs time.
Me: “Ah yes, this seems like a nice little village Burgundy, from Morey I do believe.”
Somm: “Uh, that’s the Dujac Clos St. Denis…”
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While I normally prefer my wines with age, Jacques-era Dujacs challenged me. I have only 1 1998 and no 1999 Clos St.-Denis left because they were so amazing young that I couldn’t keep my hands off them. They’ve evolved into something equally magical in a different way, but it’s hard to regret the pleasure the young bottles brought.
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A nice set of wines there and some tasty looking steaks as well.
How were the De Vogue Musigny and the Drouhin Les Amoureuses?
Tasting blind is always hard and frequently embarrassing
Cheers