Goodbye Wine Group

I've only ever belonged to one wine tasting group my whole life. I don't know how to crack the code that has some people in ten groups while I have only ever had this one. Last night we met for what will probably be my last time and I was felling really melancholy. When we started tasting the Champagnes ( all 1996 vintage wines), our attention seemed to be on anything but wine. We talked about football, baseball, Russian men, as in, handsome or not?, and cupcakes. I don't know a whole lot aoout sports, but cupcakes I know, and as I joined in the fun, I realized that this kind of adolescent banter is what I love in a tasting group. I don't really want to sit around and discuss the finer points of wine on a Sunday night. I do that all day long. At five pm it's like my brain flips a switch and all I can do is gossip and listen to music. So, maybe this is the only group I'll ever belong to, the only one that never demanded my opinion or really commanded my attention. I'll really miss it. Here, then, are the tasting notes. If you want retails, please email me and I'll let you know.

1996 Vintage Champagnes:

Jose Michel: a nose of juicy pineapple fruit and cream, a little sourness, really interesting
Gaston Chiquet; Very popular with the group, it had a yeasty nose, creme brulee, pear fruit, but I really thing that I prefer the GC non vintage brut
Clicquot: Sulfur-y at first, light, pale, lemon chiffon pie, a little sugary
Fleury: I love this winery.Very dry, egg-y, toasty, with vanilla extract. Brioche. Yum!
Bolly Grande Annee: My favorite, if monet were no object. Very spicy, very elegant mousse, a little short on the finish, but I think I was losing my touch at this point.
Charton-Taillent ( spelling?) Lean, minerally , might have been different if it had been poured in an earlier spot, but I found it rough going at this point.

Next, we had a miserable bottle of domestic sparkling syrah, and then it was time for dinner.
Dinner wines:
1996 Beaux Frere Pinot Noir- Showed its usual cola notes. I just can't get excited about this winery.
2000 Vietti Barbera d'Asti Tre Vigna: many many red plums, under much, much acid
Castello di Bosso 1996 Corballa: why? cran-raspberyy, tobacco, olive, too crisp!
some Chateauneuf-du-Pape from peter Weygandt that I've never heard of ...1998 Ch du Morre du Tendre ?
raspberry, cocoa, ccherry liqueur, in a soft, Pineau d'Aunis style. Fetching.
Okay, I am bored silly trying to do this right now. Off to work.

Comments

[Daniel Talsky]

Glad to see you posting again!