The first of the 07 Burgs…
With the new shipment just in of the first releases from Burgundy star Benjamin Leroux, and our purchases from the Hospices de Beaune auction in 2007, we now have our first 2007 red burgs in hand. I tasted over 500 07 reds in the cellars on the Côte last summer and fall, and was very happy with the very pretty fruit and supple textures. Much like the 06s, these will be wines for early drinking, in fact I think most will show better sooner than their 06 counterparts. They have very appealing fruit, are generally excellent and transparent examples of their terroir. Many have compard them to the 2000s, but with better structure, or the 2001s but more approachable. Either way you slice it these are a yummy group of wines – you can taste these first arrivals this Saturday at our tasting room in Carlton from 1-5. The rest of the 07 reds will start arriving in the fall…
Speaking of Ben Leroux, in addition to the tasting Ben will be doing at Portland’s Cork wine shop on NW Lovejoy on May 13th – later that night we’ll be doing a small winemakers dinner at the red-hot Urban Farmer restaurant in the Nines hotel downtown. Watch this space and your email for details soon…
I’m semi-bummed about Arsenal’s 1-0 loss in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals today. The 2nd leg back in London on Tuesday should be smashing, as will the 2nd leg of the Chelsea-Barca clash. Everything is wide-open at this point, and by next Wednesday afternoon we’ll know who’s in the final on May 27th – which you can come watch with us at The Agency in Portland – call Kelly Karr at 503-852-7300 for reservations (there are still seats available.)
And here’s Chelsea’s Petr Cech making a flying save at Barca yesterday…
