Re: TN: Burgs, Loire, CdP, Bdx blanc with duck and foraged chanterelles

DaleW wrote:

> 2005 Guion "Cuvee Prestige" Bourgueil
> Nice wine to serve chilled on a summer eve. Earthy, good dark fruit
> with a hint of treebark (not new oak, none apparent despite name),
> nice balance.  I like this wine, too bad it's sold out. B+

I've never heard of this producer, Dale.  Who brings it in?

> 
> 2005 Domaine La Milliere Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
> I served this because Jim is a CdP fan. Big ripe red fruit, some smoke
> and bacon fat, lots of herbes de Provence. Tannins a bit raspy. Shows
> a bit hot, maybe better on a cold winter day. B

Is this the NBI "Cuvée Unique"?  Theirs is the only version of this wine 
that I've had: nothing special so far as CdP goes.

> 
> 2004 Drouhin Chorey-les-Beaune
> Nice red cherries, a little cran/rasp berry tartness,  just a hint of
> green herbiness, good concentration, refre****ng acidity. B

Thanks for this.  This is one of the few Drouhin reds to reliable find 
its way to our area, so I'm always interested in getting data on it.

Mark Lipton
(just returned from vacation)

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