tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post1348374757554600940..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: Burgundy Wine Club 2012 - PommardBrooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-9479357438842040042012-01-23T06:26:44.214-05:002012-01-23T06:26:44.214-05:00First of all - thanks for a wonderful blog!
Sorry ...First of all - thanks for a wonderful blog!<br />Sorry for your experience with the Pommards. I´m for one really enjoy the (often) rustic sides of their character. I had for a year back a vertical tasting of the Clos des Epeneaux from Comte Armand, and I faired somewhat better, at least in my opinion...:-) http://barolista.blogspot.com/2011/12/past-glorys-tasting-dinner-with.html<br />Read your piece on scoring - very interesting!<br /><br />/Joakim<br />http://barolista.blogspot.com/Joakimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689406695488368188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-83089340465442601272012-01-20T18:05:52.003-05:002012-01-20T18:05:52.003-05:00Hello Brooklyn Guy - we spoke a few years ago abou...Hello Brooklyn Guy - we spoke a few years ago about the Lafouge domain. What a shame for you about these wines from some of the best cellars in Burgundy. I drank the Lafouge Pommard Village 2005 at Christmas with ratatouille lasagne & montbeliard sausage! It was just wonderful, rich & fruity . I don't believe personally that the reds from Cote de Beaune stack up to some of those in Cote de Nuits, but I have had some superb Pommards from the lesser domaines and thse from Lafouge are as good as any I have tasted. Wish I could join your wine club - it sounds fun!Suehttp://www.burgundyonaplate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-5784909294085089532012-01-16T22:11:07.901-05:002012-01-16T22:11:07.901-05:00Stephen - thanks for the reminder about root days,...Stephen - thanks for the reminder about root days, etc. This topic keeps coming back and I am ready to start taking it a bit more seriously. I am going to buy that book.Deetranenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-32533288440616271662012-01-12T21:33:31.272-05:002012-01-12T21:33:31.272-05:00HiBrooklyn Guy
I just looked it up and it was a r...HiBrooklyn Guy<br /><br />I just looked it up and it was a root day which if you believe in the calender then it was a day to avoid. I recently conducted a little tasting where I opened up several 20+ year old California Cabs and Northern Rhone reds. The same set of wines were opened on different days 1 week apart. The first flight was opened on a root day and the exact same wines again opened a week later on a fruit day. I conducted this experiment with some friends who thought I was out of my mind when refering to the Biodynamic calender. The wines showed completely different on these 2 days. Every single one. On the Root day they appeared tired , liveless, no essence or energy , devoid of the beauty that I expected from each one. On the fruit day they tasted completely different. Alive, complex with amazing energy and terroir driven characteristics. Everything that I had expected from these wines appeared on the Fruit day. Coincidence? Perhaps. It's an experiment worth considering. Personally I will not open any great wines unless it is a fruit or flower day. As the calender goes there appear to be between 12-14 days a month for such opportunities to open top wines. <br />I can recommend a small pocket size guide called WHEN WINE TASTES BEST, A BIODYNAMIC CALENDER FOR WINE DRINKERS. It can be ordered on Amazon. Well worth the search. Let me know if you can't access it and I will send you a copy.<br /><br />Your blogs are fantastic. keep them coming.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />StephenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-89974658822435428262012-01-12T11:38:25.019-05:002012-01-12T11:38:25.019-05:00Stephen - it was January 7 - what type of day was ...Stephen - it was January 7 - what type of day was that on the biodynamic calendar?<br /><br />2GrandCru - I don't agree that there is a "right" time to drink a wine. It implies that there is some ultimately correct calendar for drinking a wine, which is nonsense - bottles are different, personal tastes are different, it all depends, it's not a science. We all have to learn how to anticipate what will be in the bottle at a certain stage of life, and no one saying when it is a no-no is substitute for personal experience. <br /><br />Cliff - Marchand took over in 1985 and then Leroux in 99.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-10862280994632107852012-01-12T09:14:26.345-05:002012-01-12T09:14:26.345-05:00When did Marchand take over? I thought it was aro...When did Marchand take over? I thought it was around 92-93?Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254237968195126520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-44027002756994112932012-01-11T16:28:58.168-05:002012-01-11T16:28:58.168-05:00Drinking that Armand in magnum was certainly a no-...Drinking that Armand in magnum was certainly a no-no. And Montille wines under the regime of pere Montille were wines for very long cellaring.2GrandCruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677145557411276062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-12502097993124059312012-01-10T20:09:38.299-05:002012-01-10T20:09:38.299-05:00I must say that I no longer pine for that ultimate...I must say that I no longer pine for that ultimate red burgundy experience. I don't pony up the Franklins to join in these events; too many disappointments over the years. Now, white burgundy I find more consistency and my better investment. Sorry about this experience.Mad Docnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-50810432238349282532012-01-10T09:18:13.079-05:002012-01-10T09:18:13.079-05:00Sorry to hear that your Pommard wine dinner didn&#...Sorry to hear that your Pommard wine dinner didn't meet expectations. Although I never purchased a bottle, I still remember on my frequent jaunts to Paris in the mid-nineties that the then family-owned Legrand Filles et Fils always stocked Comte Armand along with de Moor, for instance. They only had five Burgundy domaines in their tiny shop. Pascal Marchand from Canada was making the wines at Comte Armand during this time.Lars Carlberghttp://www.larscarlberg.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-35927866943006660182012-01-09T01:37:40.763-05:002012-01-09T01:37:40.763-05:00Oh dear that didn't go very well. I have some ...Oh dear that didn't go very well. I have some problems with pommards. They hardly/never really sing to me. They can be ok but I never find the thrill in them that you can only find in some Burgundies. Then again I haven't been thrilled that much y Burgundies I drank lately. Very Good producers with prices to match. Luckily I'm not paying. But for the time latest Burgundies have been underwhelming, closed, subdued, moody, tight just no fun. Sorry you had to go through this but as you say it is all part of it. Hope you have better 'luck' next time. Btw I'm not convinced that leaving bottles alone for some more years will be the cure. Sometimes what you hope for just isn't there.Ithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689569741374718998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-47863386872537857682012-01-08T21:49:02.154-05:002012-01-08T21:49:02.154-05:00Hello Brooklyn Guy
Just wanted to say that I real...Hello Brooklyn Guy<br /><br />Just wanted to say that I really enjoy your blog. Can you tell me when you held your Burgundy dinner?<br />I have been very fasinated with the biodynamic calender and have been charting the percentage of bottles that have shown well compared with the bottles that have shown poorly on non fruit or flower days. I would be curious to know if it was a fruit or flower day that evening you had the dinner or was it a root or leaf day? Perhaps even an interesting topic for your readers .<br /><br />Cheers<br />Stephen<br />gsoleil@rogers.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com