Louis Jadot
Domaine Gagey Le Clou D'Orge Ladoix Chardonnay
Ladoix, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Notes are cumbersome, so no notes today but plus side, scores are honest and I should be a professional reviewer, LOL. (TBH, See my prior notes, this '13 vintage is great 5-8Y in front still.)
On the Lawn at Tanglewood this final afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is leading IVES (Psalm 90) and BEETHOVEN (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125).
After a two-year pause, we arrive again to the day when Beethoven concludes on these hallowed grounds. The 9th by Beethoven is always bittersweet for us, as it marks the end of the official Symphony and Pops season for the BSO at their Summer home. It is a wonderful and singularly emotive piece moved with the full force of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (110+) conveying the message of a divine spark of joy that makes all people one. The music and the day almost bring me to tears on an annual basis...
'Freude, schöner Götterfunken!' / 'Joy, beauteous, godly spark!'
Notes are cumbersome, so no notes today but plus side, scores are honest and I should be a professional reviewer, LOL. (TBH, See my prior notes, this '13 vintage is great 5-8Y in front still.)
On the Lawn at Tanglewood this final afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is leading IVES (Psalm 90) and BEETHOVEN (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125).
After a two-year pause, we arrive again to the day when Beethoven concludes on these hallowed grounds. The 9th by Beethoven is always bittersweet for us, as it marks the end of the official Symphony and Pops season for the BSO at their Summer home. It is a wonderful and singularly emotive piece moved with the full force of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (110+) conveying the message of a divine spark of joy that makes all people one. The music and the day almost bring me to tears on an annual basis...
'Freude, schöner Götterfunken!' / 'Joy, beauteous, godly spark!'
Just concluded the annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again.
(Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.)
Just concluded the annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again.
(Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.)
🎇🎉New Year's Eve 2019🎉🎇
❤️🍾Cheers to the Delectable Community🥂❤️
Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.
(Alfred Hill a.k.a. Benny Hill)
🎇🎉New Year's Eve 2019🎉🎇
❤️🍾Cheers to the Delectable Community🥂❤️
Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.
(Alfred Hill a.k.a. Benny Hill)
We're sharing some pregame bottles before my corporate, year end holiday celebration! These bottles will likely be miles ahead of the wines to be enjoyed the moment we step out of the hotel room...Jamais en Vain, Toujours in Vin!
All prior notes apply, such a wonderful bottle!
We're sharing some pregame bottles before my corporate, year end holiday celebration! These bottles will likely be miles ahead of the wines to be enjoyed the moment we step out of the hotel room...Jamais en Vain, Toujours in Vin!
All prior notes apply, such a wonderful bottle!
I love this wine, and hope to never run out (for a while at least)! To be paired with generous slabs of steelhead trout on the grill now.
Acidity, tropical fruits and great mineral core! Please see my prior notes, 2013 vintage is awesome.
I love this wine, and hope to never run out (for a while at least)! To be paired with generous slabs of steelhead trout on the grill now.
Acidity, tropical fruits and great mineral core! Please see my prior notes, 2013 vintage is awesome.
Stanky and so pure. Baked apples. Elegant and balanced. Awesome acidity. As good as much more famous wines. Acidity is insane on this.
Stanky and so pure. Baked apples. Elegant and balanced. Awesome acidity. As good as much more famous wines. Acidity is insane on this.
Dec 1st, 2018Getting the night started, the right way!
Acidity, tropical fruits and great mineral core! Please see my prior notes, 2013 vintage is awesome.
Getting the night started, the right way!
Acidity, tropical fruits and great mineral core! Please see my prior notes, 2013 vintage is awesome.
Nose of mango, pineapple core, medium oak, distant white flowers.
Palate is incredibly smooth and oak influence does not get in the way, great acidity balance, pineapple, pebble-y minerals, evolving more with each sip...
I feel this Chardonnay is drinking just wonderful at 5 years of age. We'll enjoy this with some beautiful salmon, hitting the grill next! A little hard to find Ladoix, but well worth it, seek and be rewarded.
48hr Update: Barely losing a step, wow, practically the same as day one! Absolutely awesome wine.
Nose of mango, pineapple core, medium oak, distant white flowers.
Palate is incredibly smooth and oak influence does not get in the way, great acidity balance, pineapple, pebble-y minerals, evolving more with each sip...
I feel this Chardonnay is drinking just wonderful at 5 years of age. We'll enjoy this with some beautiful salmon, hitting the grill next! A little hard to find Ladoix, but well worth it, seek and be rewarded.
48hr Update: Barely losing a step, wow, practically the same as day one! Absolutely awesome wine.