The Official Wine Thread

[PandArts]

Originally Posted by Slewfoot

PandArts - if your tastes are moving towards cleaner, crisper whites you should treat yourself to a bottle of Meursault from Roulot if you haven't had one yet. Similar flavor profile of hazelnuts and spring water. His Bourgogne Blanc is also a great value year in-year out. Enjoy!

Thanks for the rec! Yeah I am heading in that direction, at least for whites...I"m still more of a Parker Palate when it comes to reds...But I ususally draw the line at Chablis and NZ style Sav Blancs. The trend I like is what many US wineries are doing with regards to their chards by holding back on the oak or using at least 50% seasoned oak and scaling back the malo or allowing only natural malo to take place. That's how they do it at Fog Crest. They produce two styles of chards both very similar in profile, meaning you can definately tell they come from the same place but quite different in character with one being a bit bigger and rounder while the other, the one we bought, is cleaner, more delicate and refined.

 

[tattersall]

We were in SF last week - ate and drank very well and made a few pickups of note...

First night we ate a simple bistro meal at Cafe Claude with a bottle of Dujac Morey St Denis picked up from D&M. Had a nice lunch at RN74, but that was more about sampling some white burgs from their by the glass list. Dinner at the Slanted Door was a lot fun and we went through two bottles of an excellent Gruner Veltliner from Alzinger. Our last night was dinner at Chez Panisse - we've eaten there many times over the years and always stick with Tempier Rose which suits the simple yet delicious cooking so well.

No trip to Berkeley is complete without a stop to Kermit Lynch so after dropping my wife off on 4th St to shop, I went to do some damage on my own...

The first two should be charter-members in the delicious wine club: Pouilly-Fuisse from Robert-Denogent (this is one of the old vines bottlings) and the superb yet inexpensive Bouzeron Aligote from de Villaine (co-proprieter of the DRC).

I love bandol wines and had been meaning to try Terrebrune - the 2004 red was highly recommended by the KL staff.

I find Boillot to be a very good producer in burgundy, consistently good quality across a range of vineyards.

As I said, bandol is a favorite, so I scored a case of 06 tempier (still waiting on my rose, though)

Lastly, for those with bad luck in finding "value" in burgundy, the generic bottles from de Montille and Meo-Camuzet are great at a very attractive price - typically from 1er cru vineyards but from the younger vines not yet ready for marquee bottles...

 

[kwilkinson]

 

[Piobaire]

Noice, Tat!

 

[Slewfoot]

Originally Posted by PandArts

...I"m still more of a Parker Palate when it comes to reds....

Just wait until you try that "one" Red Burgundy that totally takes your palate for a wild ride. It'll happen eventually and when it does it'll be a treat!

 

[gomestar]

Originally Posted by Slewfoot

Just wait until you try that "one" Red Burgundy that totally takes your palate for a wild ride. It'll happen eventually and when it does it'll be a treat!

+1

 

[PandArts]

Originally Posted by Slewfoot

Just wait until you try that "one" Red Burgundy that totally takes your palate for a wild ride. It'll happen eventually and when it does it'll be a treat!

Originally Posted by gomestar

+1

Oh I totally agree, when I worked at Just Grapes it was the Burgundies that flipped the script on my palate for Pinots, which is decidedly more old world in preference now, which is why I love the Pinots from Fog Crest and Failla. They are much more refined and elegant than a lot of new world ones, yet still a little of that new world punch that I enjoy so much.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Slewfoot

Just wait until you try that "one" Red Burgundy that totally takes your palate for a wild ride. It'll happen eventually and when it does it'll be a treat!

I've spent probably about a thousand dollars in the last several months on this search. Still searching...

 

[PandArts]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I've spent probably about a thousand dollars in the last several months on this search. Still searching...

A similar issue with me in that most of the Burgundies that wowed me were WAY out of my price league (tasting many of these through the good fortune of having worked in a wine shop) and those that I could afford were just alright but for the same amount I could get a stunning RRV or WV pinot. However, if anyone has a DCR they'd like to share I'll be more than happy to help out

 

[gomestar]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I've spent probably about a thousand dollars in the last several months on this search. Still searching...

wait ... when was this??

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by gomestar

wait ... when was this??

Cumulative total of various red Burgs.

 

[gomestar]

yes I know. But assuming $40 a bottle, that's two cases of stuff that I would have remembered. Unless I forget things, it does happen from time to time.

 

[gomestar]

which reminds me, i have a handful of pictures to upload of various wines consumed. Had a Chablis that I really liked.

 

[coolpapa]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I've spent probably about a thousand dollars in the last several months on this search. Still searching...

Your comment got me thinking about something. You seem to love pinot made in a richer style and I was wondering if anyone knows of a producer of red wines in Burgundy that produces wines in a more fruit forward, new world style? Just about all the "old world" wine regions have at least a few producers that make wines in a more new world style: Bordeaux, the Rhone valley, Italy, Alsace, Southern France, etc, but I can't think of any red Burg producers, pinot, or gamay, that do this. Anyone?

 

[gomestar]

does Burg even get warm enough to produce the ripeness like Cali?