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Recent content by jcusey
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The Official Wine Thread
I've had the J. Lassalle (Meunier-heavy from Vallee de la Marne) and the Pierre Paillard (Pinot Noir from Bouzy). The J. Lassalle is pretty decent, but I really like the Pierre Paillard. I'd totally buy any of those, though, especially at those prices. Bedrock is great. Even the plain old Old...- jcusey
- Post #22,491
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The Official Wine Thread
It's Steen, although most of what I see these days is labeled Chenin. /pedantry I agree with you about Pinotage. I've never had one that I could tolerate. They're no bargain, but I really like what Sadie Family Wines and Alheit are doing in South Africa. They're both making a lot of...- jcusey
- Post #20,903
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The Official Wine Thread
I think my cost basis was around $65 per bottle. As you say, it's possible to get really good Champagne for that price, so I can't really defend the value proposition. Still, this is very different from any Champagne that I've ever had, and it's very good in its own right. I wish it had...- jcusey
- Post #20,777
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The Official Wine Thread
Love Lauer. I haven't seen this particular bottling, but I've loved everything that I have ever had from them. The basic Barrel X bottling (feinherb!) is one of the best QPR wines I know. Some recent wines (all images stolen): I have never had Riesling with any age on it before, and...- jcusey
- Post #20,775
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The Official Wine Thread
The same producer also makes a Graves Blanc (Chateau Graville-Lacoste) that is very good and a pretty good value at $2 more a bottle or so. He also has a Sauternes property; I've never seen anything from that, but I'll buy some if I ever do. Kermit Lynch really is the man.- jcusey
- Post #20,713
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The Official Wine Thread
I'm no expert about either old wines or the multiplicity of ways wine can be spoiled, but I think that while heat damage and seepage often go hand in hand, it is possible to have the one without the other. As for corked wine, that's a TCA infection that's present from the moment the wine is...- jcusey
- Post #20,698
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The Official Wine Thread
Some recent wines. As usual, all images pilfered. I think Greek wines are enjoying something of a moment now -- Houston had a restaurant with an all-Greek wine list open last year to a lot of buzz, and it seems like every respectable purveyor of wines has at least a half dozen different...- jcusey
- Post #20,697
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The Official Wine Thread
Some of the biodynamic approach to planting, with cover crops and the livestock, make some amount of sense to me. Burying cow horns filled with manure, on the other hand, is firmly in the realm of the crazy. I don't dislike seeing certified biodynamic wineries, though, because the wines are...- jcusey
- Post #20,686
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The Official Wine Thread
I think it got a bad rap everywhere -- I think in a lot of appellations in southern France, it's legal in ever-decreasing proportions. They want more of the "improving" varietals like Mourvedre. It always sort of struck me like the "whitening" policy in Brazil in the early 20th Century...- jcusey
- Post #20,685
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The Official Wine Thread
A few recent wines. All images pilfered. Domaine de la Voûte des Crozes is in Kermit Lynch's stable of Beaujolais. I saw the 2005 on the shelf last year and was told that it was a library release as opposed to stock that had been unsold for 9 years. It was fine, with a bit of that musty...- jcusey
- Post #20,680
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The Official Wine Thread
I think Marcel Deiss is catnip to a lot of sommeliers, both because he makes good wine and because he's not so well known. I have only ever had his Alsace Blanc, which is a mixture of the 13 grape varieties legal in Alsace. I didn't especially like it because Muscat and Gewurtraminer tend...- jcusey
- Post #20,661
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The Official Wine Thread
I'm bringing a bottle of Foggy Ridge hard cider (from Virginia) for an aperitif and an '08 Mousse Fils Special Club for the meal. Everybody is welcome to it, but experience has shown that most of the guests prefer Gallo White Zinfandel to grower Champagne. Except for the couple who like the...- jcusey
- Post #20,637
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The Official Wine Thread
Yeah, I've been pleased by the QPR of the Crios wines that I've had. Supposedly, the main-line Susana Balbo wines are very good, but I haven't had any. What I had last night: (Not my image.) Domaine de Montbourgeau is one of Neal Rosenthal's properties, and I see a decent amount of the...- jcusey
- Post #20,628
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The Official Wine Thread
I don't think that Cornwell was at the 2007 DRC tasting; but Aubert de Villaine was, and he was one of the ones who thought the '45 RC was authentic and excellent. Of course, I believe that Maureen Downey concluded that the label on the bottle that they drank at that event was counterfeit...- jcusey
- Post #20,627
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The Official Wine Thread
Oh, I'm not a baller like Piobaire. ;) I don't deny that it was a good watch, just that they presented Rudy as he should have been presented. Fraud and counterfeiting are still fraud and counterfeiting, even if the people being bilked have more money than sense.- jcusey
- Post #20,624
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