An assortment of wines, most tasted over more than one day:

Tuesday while Betsy was at work I had opened a bottle of the 2001 Carl Loewen
Leiwener Klostergarten Riesling Kabinett. Tight and sweet, good acidity but the
fruit showing as a rather simple super-sweet apple flavor. Not too impressive.
A small glass after 3 and 4 days in the fridge showed better - the apple fruit
with more of a ginger overlay, and a distinct and pleasantness chalkiness to
both the nose and the finish. Not one of my favorite 2001s, but pretty good. If
I had more I'd put away for a few years, but pretty sure this was a lone
ranger. B/B+

Wednesday David and I had some leftover capon and boar, and I had the 2000
Lafarge Bourgogne. I've always liked this wine, but with a little air it's
really hitting its stride right now. A bit heftier than it was on release, a
delicously floral medium-bodied wine with clear bright red fruit, earth, and a
hint of cinnamon. Tasted a couple days later, the earth component was more
mushroomy. By day 4 (refrigerated and corked, not rebottled) this wine had
faded. But one of the best under-$20 bottles of pinot I've had. A-

Friday Betsy made duck legs, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, and salad; I
had some of the Lafarge, but felt dish called for a weightier style of Burg.
Opened the 1999 Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin. More red (cherry) fruit and earth,
modest tannins, and a surprisingly abrupt finish. Not showing as well as
previous bottles. Day 2 seemed a bit better- more of a raspberry tilt to the
fruit, with notes of animal fur and earth on the nose. A better finish. Still
not as good as previous bottles. Off-bottle, awkward period, or what? B/B-

Saturday Betsy's mother, sister, niece and nephew came for dinner. Betsy
agonized over dinner choices- her sister is a pesce-vegetarian, and the kids
have entered the picky stage. She settled on a shrimp w/chili and capons
recipe, over polenta. Starter was a Ming Tsai carrot-garlic soup over curry
potato hash. Plain sauteed shrimp and some leftover mashed potatoes as backup
for the kids. I served the 2003 Basa Rueda. More NZ SB-like than I remmebered,
a slight jalapeno note on top of grapefruit meets gooseberry. Ripe yet with
good acidity, good deal at under $10. 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. *
Dale

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Friday Betsy made duck legs, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, and salad; I
had some of the Lafarge, but felt dish called for a weightier style of Burg.
Opened the 1999 Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin. More red (cherry) fruit and earth,
modest tannins, and a surprisingly abrupt finish. Not showing as well as
previous bottles. Day 2 seemed a bit better- more of a raspberry tilt to the
fruit, with notes of animal fur and earth on the nose. A better finish. Still
not as good as previous bottles. Off-bottle, awkward period, or what? B/B-

My experience with drinking 1999 Burgs is that they seem to be "locked"
at the moment, not giving out their aroma's and taste.
I would recommend to wait a couple of years with the good cuvees.
I must admit not having tasted the Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin
(I've never been much of a fan of Drouhin wines) but this was true
for my Comtes Georges de Vogue, Domaines des Beaumont and Dujac 99s.

My experience with drinking 1999 Burgs is that they seem to be "locked"
at the moment, not giving out their aroma's and taste.
I would recommend to wait a couple of years with the good cuvees.
I must admit not having tasted the Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin
(I've never been much of a fan of Drouhin wines) but this was true
for my Comtes Georges de Vogue, Domaines des Beaumont and Dujac 99s.


Bas,

I'd agree in general, and am not touching most '99s - they do seem to be
asleep. But I don't usually expect basic Bourgognes and most lighter village
wines (though Gevrey isn't light as a village, this wine is medium-bodied) to
close down; in any case this $20 wine was qide awake a few months ago. In any
case I probably will wait while before opening next.

Can you tell me about Beaumont- not a producer I know./
Dale

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My experience with drinking 1999 Burgs is that they seem to be "locked"
at the moment, not giving out their aroma's and taste.
I would recommend to wait a couple of years with the good cuvees.
I must admit not having tasted the Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin
(I've never been much of a fan of Drouhin wines) but this was true
for my Comtes Georges de Vogue, Domaines des Beaumont and Dujac 99s.


Bas,

I'd agree in general, and am not touching most '99s - they do seem to be
asleep. But I don't usually expect basic Bourgognes and most lighter village
wines (though Gevrey isn't light as a village, this wine is medium-bodied) to
close down; in any case this $20 wine was qide awake a few months ago. In any
case I probably will wait while before opening next.

Can you tell me about Beaumont- not a producer I know./
Dale

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My experience with drinking 1999 Burgs is that they seem to be "locked"
at the moment, not giving out their aroma's and taste.
I would recommend to wait a couple of years with the good cuvees.
I must admit not having tasted the Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin
(I've never been much of a fan of Drouhin wines) but this was true
for my Comtes Georges de Vogue, Domaines des Beaumont and Dujac 99s.




Ack! Lost my connection as I sent reply. To summarize:
I agree many '99s are now closed, I wouldn't dream of opening a decent 1er Cru
or GC. And some village wines (Lafarge Volnay) are fairly shut down. But this
was drinking well couple months ago. In any case, I'll wait on my remaining
bottles.
Tell me about Beaumont,not a producer I'm familiar with.
Thanks
Dale

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Ack! Lost my connection as I sent reply. To summarize:
I agree many '99s are now closed, I wouldn't dream of opening a decent 1er Cru
or GC. And some village wines (Lafarge Volnay) are fairly shut down. But this
was drinking well couple months ago. In any case, I'll wait on my remaining
bottles.
Tell me about Beaumont,not a producer I'm familiar with.
Thanks
Dale

Hi Dale,

Domaine des Beaumont is imho a rising star in "burgland". Thierry
Beaumont took over the domain from his father. The reason you probably
haven't heard of this producer is because his father used to sell the
wine to negociants. The domain has old to very old (25-45 years)
grapevines in Chambolle Musigny, Gevrey Chambertin and Morey St. Denis.

I've you can find some of his wines in the states do try to get them.
Prices start in the low range ($15-18) and go up depending on the
vintage and appellation.

The style of the wines is what I call "modern classic". Modern in the
sense that the newest insights in wine making are used to produce a
classic style Pinot (very balanced in the amount of oak aging) bringing
out the very best of the terroir and pinot fruit. Very mineral, fresh
and abundance of fruit.

Bas

Bas,

thanks for info. A look through winesearcher doesn't show any Domaine des
Beaumont ('99-'02). Guess not imported to US yet. Thanks though, will tuck info
in back of my head.
Dale

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Bas,

thanks for info. A look through winesearcher doesn't show any Domaine
des Beaumont ('99-'02). Guess not imported to US yet. Thanks though,
will tuck info in back of my head.
Dale

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Actually, it looks like the Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru 96 is on the wine
list at an inn called Emerson Place, in Mt. Tremper (looks like a nice
getaway from NYC, hint, Dale); and there are 3 98s listed in the
Pennsylvania LCB online catalog:
CHARMES CHAMBERTIN 98 $35.99
GEVRY CHAMBERTIN COMBOTTES 98 $35.29
MOREY ST DENIS 1ER CRU 98 $30.19

Used to be a way to find the importer from that site, I'll rummage around
and see what I can find...
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amnspam (Dale Williams) wrote in
:

Bas,

thanks for info. A look through winesearcher doesn't show any Domaine
des Beaumont ('99-'02). Guess not imported to US yet. Thanks though,
will tuck info in back of my head.
Dale

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Actually, it looks like the Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru 96 is on the wine
list at an inn called Emerson Place, in Mt. Tremper (looks like a nice
getaway from NYC, hint, Dale); and there are 3 98s listed in the
Pennsylvania LCB online catalog:
CHARMES CHAMBERTIN 98 $35.99
GEVRY CHAMBERTIN COMBOTTES 98 $35.29
MOREY ST DENIS 1ER CRU 98 $30.19

Used to be a way to find the importer from that site, I'll rummage around
and see what I can find...
de

enoavidh wrote in
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As a follow-up, looks like Lauber imported it into Pennsylvania, but I
can't find any current mention on their website:
http://www.lauberimports.com/

Says they import into NY and NJ, perhaps you may want to pop them an email?
That is, if you are really, really interested...
de

enoavidh wrote in
. 40:

As a follow-up, looks like Lauber imported it into Pennsylvania, but I
can't find any current mention on their website:
http://www.lauberimports.com/

Says they import into NY and NJ, perhaps you may want to pop them an email?
That is, if you are really, really interested...
de