tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post7239733001990592591..comments2023-10-12T11:00:35.978+02:00Comments on Sharon's Wine Blog: Degas with bubblesSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04467341630668960380noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-11235932530458100922009-09-01T05:23:09.551+02:002009-09-01T05:23:09.551+02:00Couldn't think of a better way to spend a day....Couldn't think of a better way to spend a day. Friends and champagne!J Munronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-51438159155938531732008-08-14T17:37:00.000+02:002008-08-14T17:37:00.000+02:00Wow, day and night, compared to my experience with...Wow, day and night, compared to my experience with it. I'm sorry you had such a crappy taste. I can assure you that if the two times I've tried it it was like that, I would not be enthusing about it!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467341630668960380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-8803887581925605522008-08-13T23:41:00.000+02:002008-08-13T23:41:00.000+02:00Hi,found a restaurant with Vouette et Sorbée Blanc...Hi,<BR/><BR/>found a restaurant with Vouette et Sorbée Blanc d'Argile (degorgement 12/06 FWIW) and ordered a bottle after reading you about it.<BR/><BR/>I could not be more underwhelmed. Looks, smells and tastes like cheap Champagne to me.<BR/><BR/>Short in the nose, with green herbaceous notes and a touch of citrus that, after five minutes in the glass shows oxidation notes. I do enjoy a Champagne made in an oxidative style, but this was just faulty to me.<BR/><BR/>The worst was the mouth, not only short, but with a hole in the middle and sort of an artificial acidity in the end. Looked more like an unbalanced Le Mesnil (for the citrus) that like a Cramant as the (cheap) cork said.<BR/><BR/>It was not very expensive on the wine list (about 46 euros), but my expectations were very high after reading you (not that I am protesting!!!, keep up the good work).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-79900205919192619222008-08-11T20:28:00.000+02:002008-08-11T20:28:00.000+02:00It was indeed a great evening. Thanks both!The Pac...It was indeed a great evening. Thanks both!<BR/><BR/>The Pacalet Gevrey is an old fashioned Burgundy, which I really appreciated. I had a few 2006 samples early this year and the line-up was quite impressive.<BR/>Joe, Sharon allowed me (actually us) to taste that boudin noir. Sad you did not get an impression, but that gives you an excuse to come back to Paris and go to now Sharon's cantine.<BR/><BR/>Transport to the US is a major issue, particularly for 'fragile' bottles, like Pacalet.<BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-6239191153355248392008-08-11T09:28:00.000+02:002008-08-11T09:28:00.000+02:00Hey, I compared you to Degas!And yes, that boudin ...Hey, I compared you to Degas!<BR/><BR/>And yes, that boudin noir was incredible. I had it again two days later when I went back...<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about the Pacalet. I wonder if this is also why no one seemed to understand my enthusiasm for Philippe Jambon? (i.e. no/low SO2 + transatlantic travels).Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467341630668960380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-70727424901799329212008-08-10T19:27:00.000+02:002008-08-10T19:27:00.000+02:00A bottle of the exact 2006 Pacalet Gevrey tasted i...A bottle of the exact 2006 Pacalet Gevrey tasted in San Francisco last night at a wonderful wedding dinner did not perform nearly as well as that fresh bottle in Paris--the boat trip is much, much longer out here. I hope the wines out here recover from their trip as they have a little rest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416883255959138934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133966.post-80677617615156625052008-08-10T04:31:00.000+02:002008-08-10T04:31:00.000+02:00A great evening, but a photographer without talent...A great evening, but a photographer without talent.<BR/><BR/>Great wines, but how about that boudin noir?<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the kind hospitality to a visitor,<BR/><BR/>JoeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416883255959138934noreply@blogger.com