Quarantine tasting series #something. My first experience with Jouan wines, definitely was prepared to be hesitant to judge much given the vintage... That said, this is a lovely MSD. The nose is not the main attraction, but shows some red fruits and a slightly reduced/burnt character that perhaps is attributed to the vintage? This is all about the texture and mouthfeel, full and silky. Dark red fruits still show plenty of youth while there's a nice saline quality on a long finish that starts to show some secondary character. The only other vintage detractor would be a very slight roasted quality at the tail end.
Overall quite a nice wine, especially given context of the year. Though there's no rush to drink, I would probably err on drinking in the next 4-7 years as I'm not sure what will happen once the fruit starts to go more tertiary.
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Obviously a very different experience than the tasters below. This bottle was not premoxed, but showed shades of potentially on the road to it. Unfortunately otherwise this was very uninspiring and not really worth writing much more about. Out of balance, a bit astringent on the finish, representative of why I've never had a L. Latour wine I've really enjoyed much.
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My second bottle of Cayuse, and this one definitely had the funk. On opening it was pretty strong, but it blew off as the wine opened up such that it became a complementary element. Some funk/animale on the nose with red fruits and herbs. Very nice silky mouthfeel with mid weight fruits, good lift, significant acidity and cut. Long saline finish. Nice mid-weight syrah in a style I appreciate, a bit of heat detracts for me a touch but I like it well enough. I don't see any reason to wait on this.
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2003 Henri Jouan Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé
4/12/2020 - joshbryer wrote:
Quarantine tasting series #something. My first experience with Jouan wines, definitely was prepared to be hesitant to judge much given the vintage... That said, this is a lovely MSD. The nose is not the main attraction, but shows some red fruits and a slightly reduced/burnt character that perhaps is attributed to the vintage? This is all about the texture and mouthfeel, full and silky. Dark red fruits still show plenty of youth while there's a nice saline quality on a long finish that starts to show some secondary character. The only other vintage detractor would be a very slight roasted quality at the tail end.
Overall quite a nice wine, especially given context of the year. Though there's no rush to drink, I would probably err on drinking in the next 4-7 years as I'm not sure what will happen once the fruit starts to go more tertiary.
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2008 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
4/12/2020 - joshbryer Does not like this wine:
Obviously a very different experience than the tasters below. This bottle was not premoxed, but showed shades of potentially on the road to it. Unfortunately otherwise this was very uninspiring and not really worth writing much more about. Out of balance, a bit astringent on the finish, representative of why I've never had a L. Latour wine I've really enjoyed much.
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2008 Cayuse Syrah Armada Vineyard
3/25/2020 - joshbryer Likes this wine:
Quarantine tasting series #2....
My second bottle of Cayuse, and this one definitely had the funk. On opening it was pretty strong, but it blew off as the wine opened up such that it became a complementary element. Some funk/animale on the nose with red fruits and herbs. Very nice silky mouthfeel with mid weight fruits, good lift, significant acidity and cut. Long saline finish. Nice mid-weight syrah in a style I appreciate, a bit of heat detracts for me a touch but I like it well enough. I don't see any reason to wait on this.
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