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WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Dale Williams » Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:57 pm

A bit more snow, a bit more shoveling, then off to friends Saturday night for dinner. We were greeted with stuffed pickled peppers, and I opened a white I had brought along, the 2012 Pepiere “Briords” Muscadet. For a supposed weak Loire year, this keeps wowwing me (I realize the Loire is quite large). Rich fruit, nervy acidity, minerally finish, just lovely. A-

We sat down to Bolognese sauce and pasta with a side salad, and some wines:

2006 Crognolo
A superTuscan Sangio blend, ready to go, black cherry, leather, a little vanilla, not bad.. B/B-

2006 San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino
Not a producer I know, there’s some oak and I’d call this somewhat modern, but there is acidity to keep it fresh, cherry and red plum, not bad. B

2006 Anares Rioja Reserva
This was an open bottle from night before. Seemed disjointed and short, but not fair to really judge.

There was a decent if unexciting Minervois, but I forgot to note (Donjon?)

Sunday I made salmon, lentils with walnut oil, and broccoli, and opened the 2011 Jadot “Dominode” Savigny-les-Beaune 1er. Young but tasty, nervy, full, some tannins but drinking ok at moment. Better on night 2. B++

Tonight I made tofu/spinach (kind of saag paneer with tofu replacing paneer), a toor dal with carrots, and curried fennel. Wines was the 2007 Pacherhof Kerner. Herbal, floral, good acids, but not really convinced at first. But air does this a lot of good -pears and honeydew, a solid rocky streak, ginger. Full bodied, floral, I like this a lot, but at price point ($25-30) there’s a lot of competition. B+

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by David M. Bueker » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:42 am

Ok, whatever posessed you to buy a Kerner?
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Dale Williams » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:49 am

This was my first Pacherhof, but I'm a fan of Alto Adige Kerner (well, more accurately of the Koferhof Kerner). Not much use for German sweet Kerner.
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by David Creighton » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:01 pm

2012 a weak loire vintage??? the ones i've tasted have been the best i've ever had in over 40 years. this is esp. true of muscadet and sancerre.
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Rahsaan » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:43 pm

David Creighton wrote:2012 a weak loire vintage??? the ones i've tasted have been the best i've ever had in over 40 years. this is esp. true of muscadet and sancerre.


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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by David Creighton » Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:04 pm

sorry, i don't understand the point about Touraine. as an appellation? as the overall character of wines in the middle as opposed to muscadet in the west and sancerre in the east? i was merely expressing the results of my annual visits and tastings. the 2012's are simply the best overall i have ever had. but yes, the chenin from vouvray et. al. is also very fine. i think AC Touraine is now limited to SB.
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Rahsaan » Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:29 pm

David Creighton wrote:sorry, i don't understand the point about Touraine. as an appellation? as the overall character of wines in the middle as opposed to muscadet in the west and sancerre in the east? i was merely expressing the results of my annual visits and tastings. the 2012's are simply the best overall i have ever had. but yes, the chenin from vouvray et. al. is also very fine. i think AC Touraine is now limited to SB.


2012 was a brutal year in Touraine where growers lost a lot of grapes to spring-time frost and then had rain all summer. Are there any 2012 Vouvrays you prefer to their 2010 counterparts?

That said, I have bought some 2012 Huets and in general can find something to like. But best overall seems tough.

I guess if you've been visiting every year then you know the story, but here's some vintage reports/overviews:

http://winedisorder.com/comment/56/6787/?all=true#new
http://winedisorder.com/comment/56/6790/
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by David Creighton » Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:01 am

ok, i'm not as familiar with vouvray as i am with other areas though i have liked some '12s quite a bit. but the stuff from muscadet and sancerre is truly memorable.
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Oliver McCrum » Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:51 am

David M. Bueker wrote:Ok, whatever posessed you to buy a Kerner?


David,

How many Kerners have you had from the Eisacktal?
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Re: WTN: Mostly Italian, with a Loire and a Burg as well

by Dale Williams » Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:00 pm

Thanks for links to reports, Rahsaan. Tough year for growers- even if quality is good for Melon and SB, seems quantities way down in some cases (frost, late flowering, etc). Even tougher for grapes with later harvests (reds and CB). I also found Huets (only sec produced, correct?) to be good (well, not so sure re LHL) -close to great in case of CdBourg. But 2010 it is not.

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