WTN: Brun, Foillard, Lapierre, etc
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:30 pmAll wines served blind:
1) Spying two red wax caps on the table, I decide to put my older wines in play early. This was one: tomato skin and leaf on the nose, tart strawberry and sour cherry fruit on the mid palate, and a bit of cranberry bitterness and green herb in the finish. I found it pleasant and showing well with food though perhaps long in the tooth; those without a high acid tolerance did not like it a bit. 2005 Brun Terre Dorres L'Ancien.
2) First off, a very odd nose here that one taster immediately called cow poop and which generated a rather entertaining discussion about the various kinds of poop possible, as I disagreed with 'cow' and thought it was more of a baby diaper odor. The only woman at the table who has actually raised babies was consulted for an expert opinion and declared: "this baby had applesauce!". So there. Nose of baby poop (with applesauce) that never entirely went away, though it lessened, rustic, monotone strawberry fruit, pleasant but unremarkable. 2009 Henry Fessy Brouilly.
3) This was my other wine. Pretty nose that one taster described as "toasted strawberry pop tarts". Having never smelled those I couldn't agree, but I found strawberry fruit for sure with a flinty minerality, and more of everything that one would call 'class' than in the previous two wines. Very good, it's a 2006 Pascal au Franc Julienas.
4) Here came the first red capsule. On the nose a mild barnyard funk, the good kind, which devolved if you stayed in one long inhale into cinnamon and then a surprising note of gardenia. Some raspberry notes sweeten the strawberry here on the palate, and the spiciness keeps blooming along with some green herbs. Higher acid and better with food than without, rather like the Brun, but this has the character and depth of fruit to carry it. Excellent, 2009 Jean Foillard Cuvee Corcelette Morgon.
5) Second red capsule: concentrated sweet fruit on the nose signals something new and special. Strawberry, raspberry and black cherry fruit with lower acidity than the Foillard and silkier tannins. Luxurious and submissive like a very willing woman (per the guys). Flawlessly attractive, visceral we all agreed compared to the Foillard's intellectual. Outstanding, 2009 Marcel Lapierre MMIX Morgon.
1) Spying two red wax caps on the table, I decide to put my older wines in play early. This was one: tomato skin and leaf on the nose, tart strawberry and sour cherry fruit on the mid palate, and a bit of cranberry bitterness and green herb in the finish. I found it pleasant and showing well with food though perhaps long in the tooth; those without a high acid tolerance did not like it a bit. 2005 Brun Terre Dorres L'Ancien.
2) First off, a very odd nose here that one taster immediately called cow poop and which generated a rather entertaining discussion about the various kinds of poop possible, as I disagreed with 'cow' and thought it was more of a baby diaper odor. The only woman at the table who has actually raised babies was consulted for an expert opinion and declared: "this baby had applesauce!". So there. Nose of baby poop (with applesauce) that never entirely went away, though it lessened, rustic, monotone strawberry fruit, pleasant but unremarkable. 2009 Henry Fessy Brouilly.
3) This was my other wine. Pretty nose that one taster described as "toasted strawberry pop tarts". Having never smelled those I couldn't agree, but I found strawberry fruit for sure with a flinty minerality, and more of everything that one would call 'class' than in the previous two wines. Very good, it's a 2006 Pascal au Franc Julienas.
4) Here came the first red capsule. On the nose a mild barnyard funk, the good kind, which devolved if you stayed in one long inhale into cinnamon and then a surprising note of gardenia. Some raspberry notes sweeten the strawberry here on the palate, and the spiciness keeps blooming along with some green herbs. Higher acid and better with food than without, rather like the Brun, but this has the character and depth of fruit to carry it. Excellent, 2009 Jean Foillard Cuvee Corcelette Morgon.
5) Second red capsule: concentrated sweet fruit on the nose signals something new and special. Strawberry, raspberry and black cherry fruit with lower acidity than the Foillard and silkier tannins. Luxurious and submissive like a very willing woman (per the guys). Flawlessly attractive, visceral we all agreed compared to the Foillard's intellectual. Outstanding, 2009 Marcel Lapierre MMIX Morgon.
