Or rather, some malcontent vosnes, already gone to the dogs…
My last night in Beaune after our harvest was a meet-up with Marko de Morey, who had also finished his harvest.
A simple night with a trio of Vosnes, a big baguette, and a fresh Brillat-Savarin – what could go wrong?
Well, wine #1 was the 1998 Thomas-Moillard, Vosne 1er Malconsorts, and it stunk of brett – the nose said to both of us – DNPIM (do not put in mouth) – so having two more bottles, we didn’t!
Wine #2 is a favourite of mine, the 1999 Gilles Remoriquet, Vosne 1er Au Dessu des Malconsorts – pff! Totally corked!
Wine #3, could we make it 3 disasters in a row? or would, Nicolas come to the rescue? The 2002 Nicolas Potel, Vosne 1er Malconsorts had a rather understated but clean nose, and a welcoming and complex palate, a palate that seemed to slowly, slowly, get better and better – not full-power, but very tasty indeed – so we didn’t need cry into our last glasses!
There is one response to “give a dog a vosne…”
So what do you do with the two dogs? Go to Moillard and Remoriquet (or whereever you bought them) to get your money back or a suitable replacement? Or – seeing the time that has passed – take your not insignificant loss?
I don’t generally exhibit the temperament for returning bottles when they have already been in my cellar for about 15 years…
Of-course the Remoriquet will have been corked from the beginning…
Actually 1999 is (from my experience) the singularly worst vintage for corked bottles – I estimate clearly more than 5%and perhaps closer to 10% of 99s having cork problems. Move forward 10 years, and I’d say nearer 2%!
The wines wine down the sink…