In Reply to: Barrels posted by Jeff Connell on September 29, 2000 at 07:26:29:
That Wrinkerman is a piece of work. Can't hold his booze, but he shares that trait with his employer.Don't you remember seeing Dominique's barrels routinely with a couple of inches of headspace? Pouring back samples and having to wait an extra second-fraction for the liquid to plop? Compare and contrast those with the barrels at, say, Bernard Morey's. Those spurt fluid when he opens or closes them. Unsurprisingly, his chardonnays never taste oxidative, from new or old wood, even if they sometimes originate with at the horrifying Seguin-Moreau.
I'm proud to say I like the whites at both cellars, a lot. The '98 Derain Remilly is a little oxidative - more than I prefer St-Aubin to be - but I like it a lot, all the same.
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