Re: NYE wines
DaleW
> Our lineup for New Year's Eve:
>
> Champagne 2004 Francis Boulard - these are some of the first wines from
> the now separated domaine of my friend Francis and his daughter
> Delphine, they only has about 6 hectare left, mostly certified organic
> and partly biodynamic. One of his best wines, not quite the extreme
> character of Les Rachais, nor the elegance of Petraea, plenty of brioche
> flavours and very smooth bubbles.
>
> Chassagne Montrachet (village) 2007, Morey Coffinet, served with
> scallops over green pea mash with potatoes that were (here it comes...)
> scalloped (no milk, just oven baked interleaved paper thin slices of
> potato and fennel). Managed to time it so the temperature was about 10
> degrees. not too fridgey and not too affected by a particularly hot
> fireplace, already has honeyed aromas plus a superb steely balance.
>
> Gevrey Chambertin 2007, Thierry Mortet "Vigne Belle", served with pigeon
> roasted with morrels. A little closed at first despite 2h aeration,
> opened up in the glass to reveal superb aromas of blackberry. Another
> domaine resulting from a family split, around 7 hectares according to my
> local caviste.
>
> Maury, Mas Amiel Vintage 2007 with ganache chocolates by Michel Cluisel
> and home baking: whisky cake, shortbread cookies. Mas Amiel remains one
> of the very best Maury wines, with well integrated alcohol (no burning
> sensation), sweet raisin and cocoa flavours.
>
> Three wines drunk way too young yet in very good shape.
>
> There: first AFW post of 2011, have a good one !!!
>
> Mike
Congrats on 1st post of year! :)
Nice lineup. Not familiar with Francis Boulard, must not have a US
importer. Squab in particular sounds great to me.
Bi!!
I have a bit of the Morey Coffinet as I used to be involved with the
Ohio distributor and I visited there last year. I really like the
wines and the style and they have a great QPR. He also has some
interesting red wines.
Mark Lipton
> Congrats on 1st post of year! :)
> Nice lineup. Not familiar with Francis Boulard, must not have a US
> importer. Squab in particular sounds great to me.
Dale,
Francis has posted to AFW in years past, though he's been a far more
regular contributor to f.r.b.v. I've never had the pleasure of tasting
his wines either, but from all that I've read I think that he makes
wines in a style we'd be likely to appreciate.
Happy New Year!
Mark Lipton