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A wine and food tasting among friends:With grilled, garlic shrimp:
1999 Clos Roche Blanche, Touraine Sauvignon: very soft on both the nose and palate with lovely citrus and mineral streaks set against white fruit and a pleasant structure/ medium length finish. Certified organic and a lovely quaffing wine; not serious.
1998 Jean Reverdy, La Reine Blanche, Sancerre: full of flavor and citrus scents, lemons, earth, rain water; just a pleasure to drink and smell. A wine that shows very well with food and pretty good without.With veal saltimbacco:
1998 Vieux Telegraph CdP: medium strength nose that is soft and full/ good syrah flavors with ripe, sweet fruit and lots of nice secondary scents of meat, sage, cherry and underbrush; not overblown and promising even more than it presently delivers/ long finish. A wine that is "waiting in the wings" but still delicious now.With croissant sandwiches of smoked turkey, fresh shitakes, arugula and home-made mayonnaise:
1994 Jayer-Gilles, Echezeaux: for a brief moment the nose showed the intense and dimensional perfume of the terroir and then the oak overwhelmed/ similar on the palate with deep berry and earth tones that are blown away by wood/ medium finish. An extreme disappointment - this should be so much more and all that one gets is the wood - a shame.
1998 Merry Edwards, Pinot Noir: very primary on both the nose and palate with that soft and round California fruit and not much else; some structure hidden behind the fruit; thankfully, no over-powering oak. Showing simple now but with enough "stuff" to make trying it again in three to five years a worthy science project.With cheese soufflé:
1978 BV GdL Private Reserve Cabernet (from mag.): no fade at the rim/ mature nose that is an interesting balance between oak and fruit with some spice and earth tones as accent/ smooth on the palate with the slightest touch of acidity at mid-palate, flavors follow the nose without the oak accents and with a youthful intensity and fairly good integration/ long finish. A wine that, in this format, may stand a few more years but is good with food and a nice match with the soufflé.Best,
Jim Cowan
Follow Ups:
Nice to see you around these parts!We've had the 99 CRB sauvignon a couple of times, most recently last night while watching the Mets dig a hole for themselves, and I think its one of their best regular cuvées in a few years--larger and more honeydew-fruity than the past few, still a great buy. Not serious? Maybe not a wine to put down for years, but seriously tasty at the moment.
I was similarly impressed with the 98 VT, although the bottle I had showed a bit more primary--very ripe and young and promising indeed.
Thanks for the notes,
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Jim,
Welcome to the Asylum. It's good to see you here.Do you really like that Clos Roche Blanche stuff? :-)
Best,
Joe
Lovely stuff, lovely folks.
'Appreciate the kind words of welcome from all.
Best, Jim
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Welcome to the Wine Asylum the best place on the internet to talk about wine, and other stuff too!I liked your notes and am already looking forward to reading more in the future.
Best,
Kay
Thanks for the tasting notes and welcome to the Asylum.In all fairness to Jayer-Gilles, 1994 was a year of rot and not one of my favorite vintages. That being said, the 100% new oak treatment combined with less than sterling raw material can only make for a disagreeable combination. These folks do low yields and work well, I think it is a shame that they got into the new oak habit some years ago. In some ways, they were leaders of this trend.
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