.Tom/Sat wrote:1. Vieux Telegraph Blanc AC: Chateauneuf du Pape LeCrau (13.5%; http://www.Vieux-Telegraphe.Fr; KermitLynch; 40% Clairette/ 25% Grenache blanc/25% Roussane/10% Bourboulenc) Famille Brunier/Bedarrides 2014: Med.dark gold color; slight phenolic/resiny/leesy quite nutty/rather oxidative light stony/mineral/earthy very slight appley/honeyed some complex nose; quite tart slight phenolic quite resiny/nutty/fairly oxidized somewhat bitter slight earthy/stony little fruit flavor; very long slight honeyed slight phenolic/leesy rather nutty/fairly oxidized somewhat bitter bit earthy/stony finish; rather oxidized well before its time; over the hill already. $21.50/hlf (KK)
I thought the wine was badly oxidized and old before its time.
Yesterday (Sun) when I went home, I was getting ready to pour the remaining half of the hlf btl down the drain and thought I'd give it one more taste to see exactly how bad it had become w/ a day's exposure to air.
WTF!! (Kansas colloquialism). It was nothing like the wine I had tasted the day before:
2. Vieux Telegraph Blanc AC: Chateauneuf du Pape LeCrau (13.5%; http://www.Vieux-Telegraphe.Fr; KermitLynch; 40% Clairette/ 25% Grenache blanc/25% Roussane/10% Bourboulenc) Famille Brunier/Bedarrides 2014: Med.yellow color; rather appley/mango/floral fairly stony/mineral/earthy almost Marsanne-like bit perfumed/apple blossom/bit spicy quite attractive; lightly tart very slight phenolic/resiny rather stony/chalky/earthy/mineral light appley/apple blossom/floral bit spicy fairly classic young CdP Blanc bit tangy flavor; very long/lingering fairly tart/tangy rather stony/chalky/earthy light floral/apple blossom/appley/bit Marsanne-like bit austere finish; a rather classic young CdP Blanc that needs as much as 10 yrs of age; absolutely no signs of nutty character or oxidation whatsoever. $21.50/hlf (KK)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. What the heck happened to this wine w/ a day's worth of breathing is a total mystery to me. I was particularly struck by how the color had lightened up from when I did the P&P the day before. Both times I tasted this wine, I gave it my full attention, so it was not a matter of false impressions. The wine had actually changed from a badly oxidized CdP Blanc to a pretty classic young one. I am totally befuddled by what happened. I have never seen the happen in a white wine before. I will get another hlf btl of this this week and repeat this experiment. Boy...is Science a lot of fun!!
Tom
