Producers in denial as blight leaves some French white wines ‘almost undrinkable’
Hardly a major exposé, but the generalist wine-writing cliques are slowly catching-on…
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offer of the day – clos de tart 2008…
LA FORGE DE TART 2008 75cl 129.00 (159.80 for the 2007) Swiss Francs
CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 75cl 249.00 (299.50)
CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 150cl 528.00 (629.00)
CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 300cl 1196.00 (1398.00)
The offers are coming in, thick-and-fast.
A modest reduction versus 2007 here. I think that a ‘great’ wine can certainly be worth 250 SFr and this domaine does occasionally deliver ‘great’ but in this case I can’t offer guidance as I haven’t tasted. That said, no 1er cru of Morey is worth 130 Francs….
lambrays 2004 morey st.denis les loups
My first 2004 for a while – I have another to try but I think that this will be a short campaign.
2004 Lambrays, Morey St.Denis 1er Les Loups
Medium colour. The nose is heavy with the volatile 2004 taint, below is an interesting coffee edge though I can’t quite get to the fruit. In the mouth this has sweet fruit, nicely soft texture with depth and a subtle extra dimension in the mid-palate that lingers through the finish. As usual when I experience the 04 character the acidity seems a little elevated. If you’re not sensitive, then this would be a very tasty wine just now.
Rebuy – No
tim atkin and bras…
Well I expect that I have a unique subject title in the internet world – today at least…
Maybe you will recall that I bemoaned the ‘loss’ of Tim Atkin (he of the broad grin) to ‘newspaper’ (everything is anyway on the internet) writing. Well he got a new job pretty quickly with ‘The Times’. His first article is online now.
The Times in not quite the high-brow pillar of society it once was – or maybe it is, it’s just a ‘different’ society! Note the important news-gathering link that questions in detail whether Carla Bruni should have worn a bra or not. Looking at the supplied picture, it seems that everything was in order!
Have a nice weekend 😉
2005 marc morey chassagne morgeot
2005 Morey Marc, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Morgeot
A half bottle. Medium, medium-plus yellow colour. A hint of sulfur, but otherwise soft yet penetrating notes of butterscotch and cream over ripe but very pretty fruits. Excellent intensity with slowly penetrating acidity, this is both rich and powerful. In some ways it’s a little over the top and certainly starts a little chunky, but it really comes together with aeration. This wine is no shrinking violet – don’t go here for elegance – today it’s more of a swashbuckler!
Rebuy – Yes
offer of the day – comte georges de vogüé 2008
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2008 75cl 89.50 (Swiss Francs)
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er cru 2008 75cl 149.00
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY Les Amoureuses 2008 75cl 318.00
BONNES-MARES 2008 75cl 318.00
MUSIGNY Vieilles Vignes 2008 75cl 399.00
There seems to be a small rush of offers right now!
I will admit to having bought all (except Amoureuses, it’s too rare) these wines for a number of vintages, i.e. when they were 60% of this price – that would be the 1997-2001 vintages – I might buy again at those prices, but I’m not tempted by today’s tariff. At least I’m not tempted before I’ve tasted them 😉
desert island wine, miles lambert-gócs (2007)
After I exhibited something approaching enthusiasm for ‘Is this bottle Corked?‘ a reader suggested that I might like to try this tome, so…
Desert Island Wine, is a paperback of 190 pages, the back page boilerplate starting with:
Who says wine is no laughing matter? No such thing as a wine book to take to the beach? Desert Island Wine will leave you howling on your towel as sand collects between the pages. …
Our first ‘chapter’ is a CNN interview of Dionysus; seemingly more designed to show the author’s knowledge of ancient Greek literature – at least I learnt how to spell Dionysus – well I thought I had until I started to write this!
Chapter 2 is a field-guide to Anthropos oenopotis, a big-nosed wine drinker/taster (what on earth is a winebibber?). We all have our own tastes and nothing here has made me howl on my towel – not yet anyway. I’ll persevere for a while…
The next two ‘chapters’ I couldn’t engage with, so, after 3 weeks where I couldn’t force myself to pick the book up, I leave it here. But don’t just take my opinion – this person apparently liked it:
If I ever find myself on a desert island I would want to arrive with a container of champagne and Miles Lambert-Gócs as my fellow castaway. Miles’ encyclopedic knowledge of wine, his classical erudition and his satirical insights into the absurdities of the contemporary wine world, seasoned with literary parodies and dexterous puns, would enlighten and entertain me until the champagne ran out. Cheers!
Tony Aspler, www.the wineguy.com
Maybe he’s saying he has to be drunk to enjoy it 😉
[I read (some of) this, so you don’t have to!]
infos…
1999 morey-blanc meursault (yuk!)
1999 Morey-Blanc, Meursault
Inspecting the half-bottle, there’s some very fine sediment at the base and the wine is not perfectly bright. Under the capsule it is completely black, it looks like you could plant potatoes! The cork comes out and has pink and blue lines down it, the dark coloured wine is – quite obviously – oxidised! Not to an undrinkable level, but not far away. The nose has a little ginger mixed in with the oxidised aromas. In the mouth it seems clean and fresh. The acidity seems a little separate from the rest of the wine, but it is quite fine, but it’s oxidised…
Rebuy – No