Sunday we decided to skip the petanque tournament and just eat at
home. Veal chops and zucchini (both in a lemon rosemary marinade) and
broccoli. Wine was the 2005 Pernot Bourgogne - the ripeness showed it
a child of '05, but there was balancing acidity. Rich ripe Bosc pear
fruit, crisp texture, forward but with a spine. With the PremOx issue
I'll happily get my white Burg fixes mostly young and under $20. B+/B
*
Monday I decided to just get it over with and open a bottle of 2006
Kendall-Jackson Sauvignon Blanc that had been sitting around since it
was left at a party. I tried to keep an open mind. But my mind slammed
shut pretty quickly. Canned fruit salad, a little overt sweetness,
flabby. No varietal character to speak of, but it DOES reminds me of
something- oh yeah, the KJ Chardonnay. Sweet and empty, though I guess
clean. C

Dinner was a flat iron steak that had marinaded in a pepper oil before
being grilled, plus some leftover veggies. Wine was the 1998 Bourgneuf-
Vayron (Pomerol). Fleshy and ready, tannins present but ripe and easy,
big cassis and kirsch fruit. Some espresso and graphite on nose.
Bourgneuf seems to be one of those wines that needs a big ripe vintage
to do well. Note that Bourgneuf-Vayron and Bourgneuf are the same
wine, just label is different in different markets. 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.
*

On Jul 15, 3:49�pm, DaleW > wrote:
> Sunday we decided to skip the petanque tournament and just eat at
> home. Veal chops and zucchini (both in a lemon rosemary marinade) and
> broccoli. Wine was the 2005 Pernot Bourgogne - the ripeness showed it
> a child of '05, but there was balancing acidity. Rich ripe Bosc pear
> fruit, crisp texture, forward but with a spine. With the PremOx issue
> I'll happily get my white Burg fixes mostly young and under $20. B+/B
> �
> Monday I decided to just get it over with and open a bottle of 2006
> Kendall-Jackson Sauvignon Blanc that had been sitting around since it
> was left at a party. I tried to keep an open mind. But my mind slammed
> shut pretty quickly. Canned fruit salad, a little overt sweetness,
> flabby. No varietal character to speak of, but it DOES reminds me of
> something- oh yeah, the KJ Chardonnay. Sweet and empty, though I guess
> clean. C
>
> Dinner was a flat iron steak that had marinaded in a pepper oil before
> being grilled, plus some leftover veggies. Wine was the 1998 Bourgneuf-
> Vayron (Pomerol). Fleshy and ready, tannins present but ripe and easy,
> big cassis and kirsch fruit. Some espresso and graphite on nose.
> Bourgneuf seems to be one of those wines that needs a big ripe vintage
> to do well. Note that Bourgneuf-Vayron �and �Bourgneuf are the same
> wine, just label is different in different markets. 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.
> �

FWIW, we opened a bunch of white burgs last night at a dinner party
from 1999 to 2004 with no bad ones in the bunch. Ramonet, Bouchard,
O. Leflaive, Drouhin, Fevre.

On Jul 15, 4:19Â*pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> On Jul 15, 3:49�pm, DaleW > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sunday we decided to skip the petanque tournament and just eat at
> > home. Veal chops and zucchini (both in a lemon rosemary marinade) and
> > broccoli. Wine was the 2005 Pernot Bourgogne - the ripeness showed it
> > a child of '05, but there was balancing acidity. Rich ripe Bosc pear
> > fruit, crisp texture, forward but with a spine. With the PremOx issue
> > I'll happily get my white Burg fixes mostly young and under $20. B+/B
> > �
> > Monday I decided to just get it over with and open a bottle of 2006
> > Kendall-Jackson Sauvignon Blanc that had been sitting around since it
> > was left at a party. I tried to keep an open mind. But my mind slammed
> > shut pretty quickly. Canned fruit salad, a little overt sweetness,
> > flabby. No varietal character to speak of, but it DOES reminds me of
> > something- oh yeah, the KJ Chardonnay. Sweet and empty, though I guess
> > clean. C
>
> > Dinner was a flat iron steak that had marinaded in a pepper oil before
> > being grilled, plus some leftover veggies. Wine was the 1998 Bourgneuf-
> > Vayron (Pomerol). Fleshy and ready, tannins present but ripe and easy,
> > big cassis and kirsch fruit. Some espresso and graphite on nose.
> > Bourgneuf seems to be one of those wines that needs a big ripe vintage
> > to do well. Note that Bourgneuf-Vayron �and �Bourgneuf are the same
> > wine, just label is different in different markets. 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.
> > �
>
> FWIW, we opened a bunch of white burgs last night at a dinner party
> from 1999 to 2004 with no bad ones in the bunch. Â*Ramonet, Bouchard,
> O. Leflaive, Drouhin, Fevre.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

that's the thing with Premox, you never know. Seems many producer's
'99s are running 30-40% prematurely oxidized, and some reports now of
it showing in '01s and '02s.
http://oxidised-burgs.wikispaces.com/

DaleW wrote:

> that's the thing with Premox, you never know. Seems many producer's
> '99s are running 30-40% prematurely oxidized, and some reports now of
> it showing in '01s and '02s.
> http://oxidised-burgs.wikispaces.com/

Yes, you'll even see a note suggesting premox on an '02 R&V Dauvissat
Chablis Vaillons, but the correspondent is probably unreliable :P

Mark Lipton

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