TTN Peay/Txomin/Selbach

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2007 Peay Les Titans Syrah
$47 + shipping so let's say $54 or so.

Got fruit, needs air. Comes after. More bottle age? Why I have I liked their fruit when made by other folks? I really want to like, hard to justify cost.

2009 Txomin Etxaniz Txakolina Getariako Getaria
Gift from Basque friend.

Acid! Acid! Acid! Like Riesling without any fruit. Decent aperitif, needs food. No real length. Would be good with cuttlefish done in garlic.

2009 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken
$21 after all was done and dusted

Ah ha! Nice but I think I maybe am not a dry/half dry kind of guy. Still I really like this will explore more S.O. Auslese for $32? Yes sir I'll go there.

Kelly, I'm not familiar with the Les Titans Syrah, but my impression of the Peay La Bruma Syrah at two different tastings and with two vintages was that it needs quite a bit of time in bottle. Andy Peay confirmed that at the most recent tasting (February of this year) and said he was currently drinking the 2003 La Bruma with dinners at home. On the website it talks about the 2008 wines (you had the 2007) and says that the Les Titans is more approachable than the La Bruma with softer tannins but should evolve for at least ten years. I felt the La Brumas I tried had good material and lots of structure but needed time to show well. I don't have the patience or desire to cellar them for that long but did buy Peay Pomarium Pinot Noir which is approachable now.

Oddly enough I had similar thoughts about the Pommarium. It seemed surprisingly fruit forward. I'd wondered if I should have let it sit for, well, a long time. I couldn't help but think, with the Pommarium, that I could have bought a very good Gevrey-Chambertin for the same money and liked that much more. I know it's not really an apple to apple comparison I'm just thinking of my pleasure meter.