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WTN: Gamay with brisket

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WTN: Gamay with brisket

by Dale Williams » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:28 am

We didn't have a seder, but we did have brisket, matzoh ball soup, and the 2007 George Descombes Chiroubles Vieilles Vignes. I had liked this at a benefit tasting, had picked up one to find it I liked a full bottle. Sweet sappy cherry fruit, good acids, light tannins. Little notes of flower and spice, but really all about the red fruit. With time ( I nursed a glass through an episode of Foyles War) a bit of pleasant funk, and the fruit begin to take on a bit of cranberry character. Good concentration, typicity, classy glass of Gamay. I'm sure it will age, but why? B+/A-

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Re: WTN: Gamay with brisket

by JC (NC) » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:33 am

I opened a different producer's Chiroubles last night and will post my notes tomorrow. I'm liking it.
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Re: WTN: Gamay with brisket

by Cliff Rosenberg » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:13 pm

Interesting. I'd be more apt to try to pair Foyle's War -- which I love -- with a Loire Cab Franc. It's closer to Claret.

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