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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Jenise wrote:1998 Burgaud Cotes-Rotie: Spicey nose with a brandied element to it, mild fruit and a bit of green grass. Got spicier and more interesting with more time in the glass. I liked it quite a bit. Should reward further cellaring.
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Rahsaan wrote:I would usually think of brandy as a problematic element in red wine, but I guess it was balanced by other things. Doesn't sound like this had a ton of 'fruit' though.. But interesting.
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Lee Short wrote:Huh. I thought the Ogier wasn't showing a whole lot, and really needed another 5 to 10.
The La Chappelle was indeed underwhelming for what it was.
The Verset and Allemand were both great wines, and tied for my WOTN. Again, both will be better with some more age.
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Marc D wrote:Brad L would want me to point out that the Belle Crozes Hermitage was their special bottling called cuvee Louis Belle.
It comes from older vines where the soil has some granite mixed with clay and limestone. Also the vinification for the Louis Belle is a little different than their regular red CH. Whole bunches are used in the fermentation, with native yeasts. The Louis Belle gets 30% new oak barrels where the basic red is 15% new barrels. I think the LB is more tannic to start with and can age longer because of its structure.
Jenise wrote:a descriptor to capture something both sharp and sweet and perhaps cask-y in a way that excluded problems like oxidation and stewed fruit.
Dale Williams
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm
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Jenise wrote:1998 Verset Cornas: WOW. What a nose! Huge perfumed nose with magnificent fruit of black cherry and boysenberry, and violets, lavendar, and bacon. Drinking at it's best possible right now, I'd think. Absolutely mesmerizing. Outstanding, and my WOTN. .
Marc D wrote:As good as the '98 Verset was, the '96 was really terrible. I think the wine could be considered flawed because of all the sulfur. It was close to a DNPIM wine.
Jenise wrote:The Verset and Allemand were both great wines, and tied for my WOTN. Again, both will be better with some more age.
Really, the Verset too? It's hard for me to imagine the Verset getting better simply because I thought it was so incredible just as it was.
Good to meet you at last, Lee, thanks for coming up.
Lee Short wrote:Marc D wrote:As good as the '98 Verset was, the '96 was really terrible. I think the wine could be considered flawed because of all the sulfur. It was close to a DNPIM wine.
CLOSE TO?
This was clearly a full-blown DNPIM. Or were you braver than the rest of us?
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