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Bruce Hayes
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:20 am
Prescott, Ontario, Canada
David M. Bueker
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Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Joe Cz wrote:Plan de Dieu is a low-lying, particularly warm area of the Rhône. If you find those alcohol levels in 2007 to be intrusive, you might try higher-elevation villages, such as Visan or Massif d'Uchaux.
Bruce Hayes
Wine guru
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:20 am
Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Joe Cz wrote:Plan de Dieu is a low-lying, particularly warm area of the Rhône. If you find those alcohol levels in 2007 to be intrusive, you might try higher-elevation villages, such as Visan or Massif d'Uchaux.
Are there any Plan de Dieu producers you are particularly impressed with...not just 2007...but overall?
Hoke
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Jonathan Loesberg wrote:Actually, there are some very good Plan de Dieus. Because of where the vineyards are, a lot of the winemakers use higher proportions of mourvedre, which evens off the wine. I don't know which ones get imported here but both Bastide St. Vincent and Espigouette make very good ones.
The two CdRs from Mourre de Tendre also come largely from Plan de Dieu vineyards, though they are not so marked. Their V V CdR is one of the best CdRs around, ranking, to my mind, with Beaucastel's Coudelet and Charvin's CdR.
Hoke wrote:Aha, Domaine de la Presidente!!!
James Roscoe
Chat Prince
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:43 pm
D.C. Metro Area - Maryland
James Roscoe wrote:The Total Wine Empire, of which Beltway Wines is an outpost, carries all the Presidenté wines. I get them at Corridor in Laurel, MD. for a prettty decent price. Is Hoke and Jonathan advising us to look for a particular line? I am not up on all the nomenclature.
Hoke
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
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Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
I'd guess that if someone did some actual archival history, he or she would turn up a better explanation for the name of the forest than either of these, but, alas, archival history is hard work and those who do it generally have bigger fish to fry than finding out the names of obscure 19th century forests
Hoke wrote:I'd guess that if someone did some actual archival history, he or she would turn up a better explanation for the name of the forest than either of these, but, alas, archival history is hard work and those who do it generally have bigger fish to fry than finding out the names of obscure 19th century forests
We could apply for a grant for Bob Ross and Otto Nieminen to do an archival study. After all, this is of great importance!
Question, Jonathan (and Joe Cz, if he's still kibitzing this): do you have any familiarity at all with Domaine Chaume Arnaud from Vinsobres? Ever had them?
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