Odds and ends
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:16 pm
Since I suck at formal notes, I will simply give a few impressions on a couple of wines and one region I've explored last month.
1. 2000 Potensac. If you have this in the cellar, then life is good. Beautiful fruit, balance and flavor. This wine shows how wonderful the 2000 vintage was. Full bodied, nicely concetrated. Showing no signs of age yet but tannins are definitely moderating and those tannins were round to begin with. It's good to go but nowhere near the end. Very enjoyable.
2. 1996 Lafon Rochet. This is almost a twin of the Potensac. Slight higer pitched than the Potensac but still full bodied with superb concentration. This too has yet to show triary manifestations but that should begin soon. Interesting to note there was core sweetness found that was not in the FAT 2000 vintage of Potensac. This should also last a decade if not more, nah more than that.
3. Finally a vintage report. I don't profess to be an expert in Riesling but I've consumed more than a few 2009 kabinetts. I find the vintage, to my palate, to be very pleasing. I can't say whether this is 2001 year or whatever. I can say there is a purity of fruit that I have not experienced recently and this fruit manifests with air, much like a young bord, or great white burg. I had some big kabinetts i.e. spatlese quality but I also had the more typical lean Kabinett so I do not know from my sample if it's a traditional year or not. I do know that these will be great summer quaffers and the best will age many years. If you are at all in riesling, I advise that you start sampling.
enjoy.
1. 2000 Potensac. If you have this in the cellar, then life is good. Beautiful fruit, balance and flavor. This wine shows how wonderful the 2000 vintage was. Full bodied, nicely concetrated. Showing no signs of age yet but tannins are definitely moderating and those tannins were round to begin with. It's good to go but nowhere near the end. Very enjoyable.
2. 1996 Lafon Rochet. This is almost a twin of the Potensac. Slight higer pitched than the Potensac but still full bodied with superb concentration. This too has yet to show triary manifestations but that should begin soon. Interesting to note there was core sweetness found that was not in the FAT 2000 vintage of Potensac. This should also last a decade if not more, nah more than that.
3. Finally a vintage report. I don't profess to be an expert in Riesling but I've consumed more than a few 2009 kabinetts. I find the vintage, to my palate, to be very pleasing. I can't say whether this is 2001 year or whatever. I can say there is a purity of fruit that I have not experienced recently and this fruit manifests with air, much like a young bord, or great white burg. I had some big kabinetts i.e. spatlese quality but I also had the more typical lean Kabinett so I do not know from my sample if it's a traditional year or not. I do know that these will be great summer quaffers and the best will age many years. If you are at all in riesling, I advise that you start sampling.
enjoy.