Bunch of Eric Texier wines last night. The St-Julien en St-Albans were singing, and the ‘09 Brézème a highlight as well. 2014 Côte-Rôtie was strange and lovely with reduction and a noticeable chunk of Viognier.
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Bunch of Eric Texier wines last night. The St-Julien en St-Albans were singing, and the ‘09 Brézème a highlight as well. 2014 Côte-Rôtie was strange and lovely with reduction and a noticeable chunk of Viognier.
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Finally got together with the wine tasters again. And oh man, what a great one this was.
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First try of the 2016s. So young and so much promise!
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Some younger wines....we had a tinned fish, duck pate, and Teleme evening. (I really like Veleta tinned fish. The tuna belly is tip top, and the mackeel, of all things, is mild and wonderful.)
Both way too young, but they had to stand up to a difficult pairing.
Both way too young, but they had to stand up to a difficult pairing.
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I put my hand in there just to have a reference as to how big it is. Would’ve liked a golfing panther, but didn’t have one close at hand
I missed this when you posted. Eric is a great winemaker for sure- I've visited him a few times. Brezeme is easily the Greatest Wine Nobody Knows.
Fun trivia: for 2001, both Eric and Steph Ogier got a vat each of bulk wine from Gilles Remiller, a superb grower on Cote Brune. They each did a different elevage, and it's interesting to compare them. And to compare Gilles's version as well. The bulk wine sale was because of a nasty divorce situation and Gilles needed some cash... poor guy, but lucky us.
Those are all Dressner imports?
Just had an 02 Perrieres. Such lovely wine.
They're both AOC Cote-Rotie, but I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not remembering how they're labeled- Cote Brune, perhaps?
Tried a couple new Piedmont wines. Valdaccenda Valmaggiore Rosso - light, deep, vibrant, silky Nebbiolo. And Colombera Timorrasso is definitely worth checking out for fans of Piedmonts second greatest grape.
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Saperavi is quickly becoming my favorite grape.
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Something red
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Pretty impressive lot of wines on Friday at the Vinous event. Here were a couple standouts from 1999 and 2015.
The Grand Siecle at the table next door wasn't too shabby either!
The Grand Siecle at the table next door wasn't too shabby either!
I attended one of the Icons dinners (thanks to the generosity of a friend). They can be fun, but looking at what they cost, 10 times out of 10 I'd rather do a BYO dinner with my tasting group. I used to go to Festa del Barolo every year, but got kind of tired of spending $1000 to bring my own wine just for the privilege of having a winemaker at my table. I guess you can say I respect how Vinous finds ways to generate revenue, but I'm kind of done with them generating it off of me.
If one likes Sauvignon Blanc, this is very good, affordable and accessible everyday driver from New Zealand