tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post9089739936286281093..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: The Immutable Greatness of RichebourgBrooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-1358901018987539842010-07-22T14:51:47.845-04:002010-07-22T14:51:47.845-04:00Have you tasted DRC? I've had a '69 La Tac...Have you tasted DRC? I've had a '69 La Tache (my birth year - it was a gift) & it was past its prime & a bit over the hill but I took that to be symbolic!Dale Crusehttp://drinksareonme.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-17937742769626983632010-07-21T15:53:38.967-04:002010-07-21T15:53:38.967-04:00The thought of you sneezing and dropping it brings...The thought of you sneezing and dropping it brings to mind a cinematic moment involving another "luxury" substance... <br /><br />Great, honest post, man...Do Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-59921095132875485652010-07-21T15:42:18.681-04:002010-07-21T15:42:18.681-04:00hey Timothy - that makes sense, your take on Wayne...hey Timothy - that makes sense, your take on Wayne's comment. and i don't know the answer to your question. i probably would have been a lot more annoyed about the way the wine showed if I had bought it myself, you're right.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-88383094865632626092010-07-21T15:18:59.797-04:002010-07-21T15:18:59.797-04:00I think what Wayne was saying was not that you wou...I think what Wayne was saying was not that you would have deliberately pumped up a review of a bad wine because of the label, only that it's very difficult not to adjust ones expectations sub-consciously when it's something so highly anticipated; that said, a review like you wrote about a wine at that credibility level is tantamount to trashing it anyway, so well done!<br /><br />The real question is, would you have been as even handed had you purchased the bottle...wink, wink?Timothy Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382134553586111733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-9023753090999391022010-07-21T13:25:15.052-04:002010-07-21T13:25:15.052-04:00Wayne - actually, i like to think that i taste win...Wayne - actually, i like to think that i taste wine based on what's in the bottle, and if a Finger Lakes wine is great then I would view it as such, and if a Richebourg is merely average, I would view it as such. I read labels and have preconceived notions like the next person, but I also think for myself. i wish you luck finding that one great bottle again.<br /><br />hey Keith - didn't know that. last year i really liked a Sori Paitin wine that I understand was made using roto fermenters, so who knows what i like. i'm still figuring it out myself.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-75302180959256978302010-07-21T12:44:48.042-04:002010-07-21T12:44:48.042-04:00Gros Frere uses reverse osmosis concentrators - no...Gros Frere uses reverse osmosis concentrators - not quite your style!keithlevenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556819801189301362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-86871962575419461762010-07-21T04:12:43.515-04:002010-07-21T04:12:43.515-04:00Having had a few disappointing experiences with su...Having had a few disappointing experiences with supposedly "great" Burgundies, I'd be willing to bet that if this wine were tasted blind, or had a label that said "Finger Lakes" or "Stellenbosch" you would have trashed it.<br />Red Burgundy is the White Whale of the wine world. It's the unattainable perfection, the unreasonable expectation.<br />And then, dammit, you find that ONE BOTTLE of Burgundy that opens the sky and shows you the face of God...Wayne Younghttp://blog.bastianich.comnoreply@blogger.com