Tried these two at BacchusBadBoys Thurs night:
1. Pont Neuf Chard "Vignoble Gli Zii" RRV (135 cs; 14.4%) 2012: Light gold color; beautiful lemony/honey dew/melony light pencilly/oak very fragrant nutmeg/spicy nose; very rich/lush quite spicy/nutmeg light pencilly very strong melony/lemony/lemon peel/bright/lemon curd balanced lovely flavor; very long/lingering melony/lemon curd/lemony/bright light pencilly/oak quite spicy/nutmeg finish; lots of richness but plenty of acidity to balance the lushness; a really lovely balanced pure Calif Chard. $35.00
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2. Pont Neuf "Les Rouges" RRV (45% Mourv/35% Syrah/18% Grenache/2% Roussanne; 70 cs; 14.9%) 2010: Very dark color; rather strong toasty/oak/smokey strong blackberry/plummy/Mourv/spicy complex beautiful nose; lightly tart very strong plummy/blackberry/blueberry/Mourv bit earthy/dusty some toasty/smokey/oak flavor w/ light smooth tannins; very long/lingering strong plummy/blackberry/Mourv bit earthy some smokey/oak finish w/ light gentle tannins; a very well-made lovely/polished GSM blend. $50.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. PontNeuf: "The New Bridge to the Old World". The wnry of Mary & Doug Danielak. I have, of course, followed Doug from the very start, when he made some exceptional Rhones w/ Jim Paras at JadeMtnWnry.
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The Viognier & Syrah from Jim's MtVeeder ParasVnyd were some of the best I've had. When JadeMtn was sold, he made wines under the ParasVnyd label for awhile. Doug disappeared from sight for awhile and then resurfacted w/ his & Mary's PontNeuf label. The focus is a return to their Burgundy roots. Mary used to work for importer BeckyWasserman and then became the wine buyer for the OakvilleGrocery.
These wines were provided by LarryHayes in our group. I've long wanted to try Doug's PontNeuf wines, but to order them, you had to join his wine club. Don't need anuther wine club to join, so I'd never been able to taste them.
Tom