Met up with my friend Noel after a long slog at the shop for
some headcheese and hachis parmentier at the bar of Vin Rouge. We decanted both
of these bottles and drank them over a couple of hours.
2006 Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin
Started out tight with only a hint of fruit and spice on the
nose. With some time it became more expansive, the spice giving way to other
earthy and woodsy notes while the fruit deepened in pitch and in weight. Nicely
balanced with good tannic structure, this develops into a lovely mid-weight
Gevrey with wood and soil tones. I think it will probably be even better in 2
or 3 years. This could be one of those sneaky villages wines that someone will
pull out of their ass in 15 years that blows you away.
2010 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Griffe du Marquis
Holy crap is this good. The texture is pure velvet and
brings to mind the old cliché, iron fist in a velvet glove. Lots of fruit and
flowers followed by minerals over the structure. Not aromatically complex yet,
even after decanting, but really succulent on the palate. It makes me want to
say, “very fine, indeed.” Part of me thinks this is the best Beaujolais ever
made.
2 comments:
Drank the Griffe du Marquis last night and it was crazy good. I think it got a "fuck me" out of at least two drinkers who were present. I sequestered a few ounces for research purposes and it is even better today.
I read in Asimov's column that wine blogs are so 2010.
Fuck me is right. The wine is incredible.
I wouldn't be blogging if it were still cool.
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