What bottle of wine did you open today? (Part 2)

Dense dark fruit speaks of the ripe 18’ vintage from muscular Morey. Lots of stuffing in the background: grippy salty tannins and med acid with a bit of reduction.

A big shouldered wine from a good winemaker. Fine to open now but has a decent future as the strong elements of fruit and firm tannins integrate.

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Time for some day drinking. Too soon to tell, but so far nice but un remarkable.

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Which Petit-Roy? How is the style in comparison to BG?

Oh wow, a 1986 Mouton Rothschild! How was that drinking and how long did you decant it?

Decanted for bout an hour. It was drinking very well. Not at all the tannic beast it’s been made out to be, and showing all the Mouton exoticism.

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2018 Bourgogne H-C deB from Petit-Roy

I stink at describing notes, so apologies if these don’t resonate.
We love two profiles of burgs (and Pinots) that differentiate from the standard “lovely, floral, fruit, or acidic notes”

  1. Super earthy / barnyard-y types (I would BG Fixin Le Clos) in that category) mushroom, forest floor, etc.
  2. Types that a bit of tongue tingle to them…as if almost carbonated. I would the PR in that category.

Here is a photo of my highly sophisticated rating system in action :squinting_face_with_tongue::+1::+1:

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You’d probably like Sylvaine Pataille then

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Thank you. Would you recommend the Bourgone Rouge? I like the price point.

Before Petit-Roy, the last wine my wife tasted and loved was Dujac Malconsorts…which was a very different price point than BG/PR. But now, this is what one of our wine fridges looks like :weary_face:

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I like the marsannay Clos du roi; it does have a bit of spritz but it sounds like you like that.

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The standard Marsannay had both spritz and barnyard. There’s a thread around here talking about bottles with the spritz as well

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Thank you for sharing. I’m going to go find that thread.

TY! Will check it out.

It might be slightly less encouraging hahaha

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Haha yikes. Yeah that seems like a lot of carbonation.
I just bought a few. Will see how they show

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The Marsannay is the only one I’ve had. It just had a slight spritz

Last 2014 from a case I bought just around release. I had a few premoxed bottles, but when they are on I love them. Luckily my last bottle was pristine and just as I want my Huet :slightly_smiling_face:

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2022 Honig Reserve Sauvignon Blanc significantly better than 2026 Sixers

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17 Anderson Family Vineyard PN. Just okay.