- 2005 Joseph Drouhin Côte de Nuits Villages - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Nuits Villages (9/15/2007)
13% abv, 16,89€.This is quite a charming wine. The nose is a bit shy even with several hours of air, but still shows a nice Pinosity: sorrel, beetroot and bright yet still darker toned fruit than I expected. The palate is medium-modied, not terribly concentrated, but still very balanced and refreshing and bright in its fruit. It has lovely structure and minerality. I very much like this - and it is good value, too. Probably it isn't much of a surprise but it was very nice with a long braised "Carelian" meat dish of beef, lamb and pork. Though the tannins of the wine could have done with more redness in the meat, the tender flavours of slow cooked meat were wonderful with this wine. - 2006 Schloss Gobelsburg Grüner Veltliner Kammerner Lamm - Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal, Langenlois (9/5/2007)
Limpid, only very slightly vanillary despite its oak influence, citrussy and green and Grünery nose. Very full bodied, but with the very high alcohol (14,5%) well integrated. It has good acidity and minerality. Though there is slight oak perceptible, this is still a very nice drink - the aftertaste is intense and has some minerality showing.
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I was sort of hoping that I wouldn't have read Mr. Pronay's description of the Lamm before getting a taste of this. I have my funny quirks in my tastes, yet I won't deny that I can be influenced by others. I really wonder if what I perceived as slight oak in the GV I would have passed over as imagination had I not read Mr. Pronay's reply to me in another thread? Well, whatever the result, I will probably not buy another bottle of it to age even though it was a good wine. Tasting under the influence may not always mean under the influence of alcohol, lol!!
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