Bunch of Eric Texier wines last night. The St-Julien en St-Albans were singing, and the ‘09 Brézème a highlight as well. 2014 Côte-Rôtie was strange and lovely with reduction and a noticeable chunk of Viognier.
I missed this when you posted. Eric is a great winemaker for sure- I've visited him a few times. Brezeme is easily the Greatest Wine Nobody Knows.View attachment 340582
Bunch of Eric Texier wines last night. The St-Julien en St-Albans were singing, and the ‘09 Brézème a highlight as well. 2014 Côte-Rôtie was strange and lovely with reduction and a noticeable chunk of Viognier.
Those are all Dressner imports?Finally got together with the wine tasters again. And oh man, what a great one this was.
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Just had an 02 Perrieres. Such lovely wine.Finally got together with the wine tasters again. And oh man, what a great one this was.
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The 2001 you speak of is labeled Cote Rotie? I will have to track one down.I missed this when you posted. Eric is a great winemaker for sure- I've visited him a few times. Brezeme is easily the Greatest Wine Nobody Knows.
Fun trivia: for 2001, both Eric and Steph Ogier got a vat each of bulk wine from Gilles Remiller, a superb grower on Cote Brune. They each did a different elevage, and it's interesting to compare them. And to compare Gilles's version as well. The bulk wine sale was because of a nasty divorce situation and Gilles needed some cash... poor guy, but lucky us.
They're both AOC Cote-Rotie, but I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not remembering how they're labeled- Cote Brune, perhaps?The 2001 you speak of is labeled Cote Rotie? I will have to track one down.
Some certainly were, not sure if all of them were.Those are all Dressner imports?
Saperavi is quickly becoming my favorite grape.2020 was fantastic, tastes like 25~30 euro win though price was 8~9 euro.
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I tried to find the rest 2020 stock, but sold out...Saperavi is quickly becoming my favorite grape.
I attended one of the Icons dinners (thanks to the generosity of a friend). They can be fun, but looking at what they cost, 10 times out of 10 I'd rather do a BYO dinner with my tasting group. I used to go to Festa del Barolo every year, but got kind of tired of spending $1000 to bring my own wine just for the privilege of having a winemaker at my table. I guess you can say I respect how Vinous finds ways to generate revenue, but I'm kind of done with them generating it off of me.Pretty impressive lot of wines on Friday at the Vinous event. Here were a couple standouts from 1999 and 2015.
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The Grand Siecle at the table next door wasn't too shabby either!