On Jul 28, 11:57�pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
> > Last night Betsy made a starter course of chard/ricotto gnocchi in
> > sage butter (she's made an almost identical recipe before, which they
> > called "malfatti", but Marcella just calls gnocchi). Went well with
> > leftover Macon. Before dinner, I had opened the 2005 Pierre-Marie
> > Chermette (Domaine du Vissoux) "Cuvée Traditionelle" *Beaujolais *VV.
> > It was rather mute at that time, with fair amount of tannins for a
> > Beaujolais sticking out. But after we finished appetizer, Betsy served
> > the chicken (with herbs, potatoes,and pancetta, a Biba C. recipe). We
> > switched to red, and quite *a pretty Beaujolais greeted us. Some soft
> > tannis in background, but overall a lighter wine. Pretty black cherry
> > fruit with a little hint of grenadine, sweet and smoky. Delicate but
> > with real verve. MArk was right to put this on his under$20 list,
> > excellent for the money! B+
>
> Interesting to read your impressions of it, Dale. *I'm surprised that
> you found it as tannic as you did, because one of its greatest appeals
> to us was that, unlike so many '05 Bojos, it was quite open and
> approachable. *In fact, it's probably been my favorite '05 for near-term
> drinking, even more so than the Brun and Tete that I included in that list.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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I just think its a child of 2005. Most Beaujolais in most vintages I
find basically no noticable tannins. Some 2005s are tannic enough to
basically demand cellaring. This isn't one of those, but the tannins
were quite noticable to me (especially just on opening). But after 30
minutes quite approachable. I don't remember noticing tannins on the
'05 Brun L'Ancien, but I certainly did on the Brun crus.