The Official Wine Thread - Page 1010

How much age do you have to get on a bottle for it to be ready? If it's the wine I'm thinking of doesn't it have a fair amount of a highly tannic grape in its blend? Tannat? I first ran into that grape visiting Paso (no hate please) and looked it up at that time.

well we had a 2002 sunday night and it was fine. Top producer in teh region, I am told. Over the summer I was drinking a 2006 but on the lower end and it also was fine.

Tuna, kind of nicoise-ish.

Nice to see Kyle poasting again.

Any names to look for in Madiran? How oaky?

Montus is the best one, apparently. Over the summer I was enjoying Peyros.

Not oaky at all. I have very limited experience however.

I also found the "tannic beast" reputation overstated but 2006 is the youngest I have had so far and it was a low-end wine so may have matured early.

Thanks - I've never tried one before.

I see '06 Montus is available locally so I may give it a try. Sounds like an early decant is in order to get it to open up.

Thoughts on drinking window for 2008 Maison Champy Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds?

i haven't had much Champy, but I love older Burgs and I'd love to try that with a decade of age.

i've had some excellent wine from this producer.

Okay, I've gotten seven emails and a phone call about this link: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/47926#.UQA6JceZZ4w.twitter

All these emails and the phone call were from Ontario Canucks. Why? One sentence out of the entire article:

Another Montus tonight

Sheez, I gotta get on this Madiran train and see what all the fuss is about.

Hm- BCL down the road has 7 bottles of 06 Montus. I'll grab one tomorrow for the weekend.


Can anyone recommend any good (value) white Burgundy? I keep seeing references to them in cookbooks but I've yet to try one.
Edited by CBrown85 - 1/23/13 at 9:49pm

Seriously. Not usually a fan of big reds, but thinking I should give these a shot... Wine searcher doesn't show any near me though unfortunately, will have to look a bit harder

What do you mean by good value?

Because, at the ~$11-$15 range there are plenty of nice Macons, AOC Chablis, and a few Bourgogne Blancs. For a really special wine with character that won't break the bank, Macon Verze by Leflaive is about $35 and always excellent.