tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post3701490973935266390..comments2023-10-25T03:32:25.989-07:00Comments on The Vulgar Little Monkey Translucency Report: Peyrathe vlmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721550516880594363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post-23404614133152642622008-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:002008-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:00Had this it was ok. Nothing on 2002 Cor En Continu...Had this it was ok. Nothing on 2002 Cor En Continu. A crazy wine for sure . . .Lyle Fasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691042953720294290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post-11320371782071946512008-10-07T11:04:00.000-07:002008-10-07T11:04:00.000-07:00tasted the 2004 Peyra Cuvee St Georges at a recent...tasted the 2004 Peyra Cuvee St Georges at a recent Jenny and Francois tasting in nyc. Blew my fuckin mind. Never had the bottling you just posted and unsure of the difference???....but will certainly be on the look out. Agree with your take hipsterism.Michael D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07742128807651888242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post-76425344850640203592008-10-07T10:17:00.000-07:002008-10-07T10:17:00.000-07:00I have had this argument on Peyra's sense of place...I have had this argument on Peyra's sense of place and some dismiss as only a style. I wholeheartedly agree on the gunpowder - and some argue this is brett. <BR/><BR/>I drink their wines and I am transported to a place above the tree line, wind blown, empty and quiet. A place where the grapes are barely ripened in the bright sun but cool air. I could never get enough of their older (pre-2004) stuff. <BR/><BR/>Give me an example of who or what you consider to be hipster first - I probably have not been drinking them. The only one that comes to my mind is Dashe and his Infant Terrible.Jason Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681542692262978495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post-89749118519106495202008-10-07T09:56:00.000-07:002008-10-07T09:56:00.000-07:00Jason-Not all the folks involved at Peyra were hip...Jason-<BR/><BR/>Not all the folks involved at Peyra were hippies.<BR/><BR/>My take on hipsterism in wine is that the wines are hipster first and everything else second. My issue has always been with this type of wine. For me, a wine can be excellent and still be a hipster type. I'm a long time fan and proponent of Clos Tue-Boeuf, for example.<BR/><BR/>What I've always loved about Peyra, and I've been drinking them for a while now, is that there is very much a sense of the desolation of the Auvergne about them. I love the gunpowder, the iridescent orange, and the rocky undertones.<BR/><BR/>The wines can be variable from bottle to bottle, but I can deal with that because the beautiful ones are so amazingly unique.the vlmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721550516880594363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272356477626694495.post-67771697785428698442008-10-07T09:48:00.000-07:002008-10-07T09:48:00.000-07:00I had no idea you were a fan. I expected a snarky...I had no idea you were a fan. I expected a snarky dismissal of these hippie winemakers. Maupertuis' wines are wonderful and a little field trip for the senses back to Domaine de Peyra - especially after they have had a little time to recover from bottle shock.Jason Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681542692262978495noreply@blogger.com