Recent tastes

2002 Overnoy, Poulsard Arbois-Pupillin:
Pale salmon/orange color; smells of pomegranate and forest floor – but somehow more than that; light-weight, spicy, vinous juice that is a party of flavors in the mouth – most of them difficult to isolate or describe, intense, racy and long. Not as fresh as my last bottle but still head and shoulders more intriguing than 90% of what’s out there.

2005 Vissoux, Fleurie Poncie:
Has shed its succulent baby fat and is becoming more typical of Fleurie; fine grained aromatics; juicy, textural and concentrated in the mouth with some structure showing, and still pretty long. I drank a lot of this on release – it was such a boisterous, voluptuous wine. But what is below all that is on another plane of deliciousness and its just starting to show. Drink or hold.

2005 Tribut, Chablis Côte de Lechét:
A curious bottle – somewhat closed on the nose but open in the mouth with lip-smacking fresh lemon-custard flavors, a hint of salt and some lovely floral tones; medium length. Probably needed decanting or a couple more years in the cellar. Good wine.

2006 Talley, Pinot Noir San Luis Obispo:
When opened, crunchy and interesting; by the time we had gone through this 375 ml, sugary, soft and forgettable. Not much there.

1999 Bruno Clavelier, Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts:
A great terroir, a fine vintage and a winemaker with skills – ruined by poor sanitation; a brett bomb. There is a very nice wine underneath all that horse-blanket but I can’t get to it, won’t try and now I question whether the rest of my bottles are similarly infected. Unacceptable behavior with an avoidable problem. Shameful!

Best, Jim

[David M. Bueker]

1999 Bruno Clavelier, Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts:
A great terroir, a fine vintage and a winemaker with skills – ruined by poor sanitation; a brett bomb. There is a very nice wine underneath all that horse-blanket but I can’t get to it, won’t try and now I question whether the rest of my bottles are similarly infected. Unacceptable behavior with an avoidable problem. Shameful!

I've had 5 bottles of the same wine & not a drop of brett in any of them.

I've had 5 bottles of the same wine & not a drop of brett in any of them.

Good, then there is hope for the remaining bottles I have.
Best, Jim

Thanks for update on the Vissoux.

Of course, the things about brett is not just amount of bloom can vary per bottle, but it seems that lots of people are sensitive to one strain, and don't notice another. So you have 3 people that consider themselves brett sensitive, but disagree on individual wines.