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Patchen Markell
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
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Patchen Markell wrote:Reminds me a bit of some of the hearty-but-not-heavy northern Italian reds I enjoy, from Ruché to Lagrein, not so much in its specific flavor profile as in its lip-smacking intensity and slight rusticity.
Patchen Markell
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Makes sense because all are Alpine wines.
Patchen Markell wrote:André et Michel Quenard 2015 Mondeuse, Vin de Savoie, Chignin, Vieilles Vignes.
Picked this up on a whim because I don't have much experience with Savoie wines. It's a $29 Kermit Lynch import. Lurid purple, juicy plum-skin and savory herbs combined with dark, slightly meaty fruit. Vibrant, good acid. Reminds me a bit of some of the hearty-but-not-heavy northern Italian reds I enjoy, from Ruché to Lagrein, not so much in its specific flavor profile as in its lip-smacking intensity and slight rusticity. Really tasty; I could keep some of this around on a regular basis.
(Or I could just take a swig from a jug of Jean-Jacques.)
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
949
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
949
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Patchen Markell
Wine guru
949
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:18 am
Ithaca, New York
Patchen Markell wrote:I'll be fascinated to read your notes on those 2005s, Tim!
Wikipedia (citing Jancis Robinson et al.'s big wine grape guide) says:
Mondeuse noire was once thought to be dark-berried color mutation of Mondeuse blanche, a variety that is best known for being the mother vine to the Rhône wine grape Syrah. However, in the early 21st century, DNA profiling showed that the two grapes actually had parent-offspring relationship though it is not yet known which grape is the parent and which is the offspring. This relationship makes Mondeuse noire, which is also known under the synonym Grosse Syrah, either a grandparent or half-sibling to Syrah.
While the Lagier Meredith website says of their Mondeuse simply that "the family ties to Syrah are evident but there's no confusing them."
(All of which makes me imagine writing a Sophoclean tragedy about fatal confusions about the family ties among wine grapes.... Oinopus Rex?)
TomHill wrote:Patchen Markell wrote:André et Michel Quenard 2015 Mondeuse, Vin de Savoie, Chignin, Vieilles Vignes.
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Yup.....this Quenard Mondeuse is one of the best.
TomHill wrote:Steve Lagier refers to Mondeuse as the bastard uncle of Syrah and the reason for planting it.
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