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Flabby is your big wine pet peeve eh?
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Flabby is your big wine pet peeve eh?
Anent your Condrieu discussion, I find white Rhones to be very flabby much of the time. I pretty much avoid them now.
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Did your vinegar ever turn out?
I actually prefer the cuvee classique to the migoua and tourtine, and would if the prices were the same. It isn't so much that I think it is a better wine, but the classique is so quintessentially Bandol that it is perfect.
The classique definitely did not disappoint and it's $15 less a bottle than the other cuvees. The others will really have to impress to command that difference.
Oh, btw, Mrs. Piob has enjoyed all the Grenache heavy blends you've suggested.
It seems like your tastes evolve quite a bit, but hers kind of stay the same. Or at least, it seems like you've said she's been on a Grenache kick for quite some time.
I picked up the '06. From when I tasted it, it is fantastic. Probably slightly too young, and certainly could go on a long time, but really good now. I think it is pretty representative of what he tends to produce year in and year out.
We'll give it a whirl - thanks, all of your suggestions have been so good.
I wish I could claim credit, but the truth is that all of these wines - VT, Clape, Tempier - have the same US importer who is pretty local to me, and runs a great shop. He is particular, kwilkinson can tell you, so most of the wines have some tendencies in common. People love or hate their stuff. I love it. FWIW, he owns Pallieres with the brothers from VT.
We popped into Lynch's place quite at random about six years ago before driving on to Chez Panisse for dinner. We picked up some bottles for our hotel room but I don't remember a thing about them apart from them being not at all expensive - little did I realize I'd made a trip to wine mecca for my current tastes