DaleW wrote:
> Last night Betsy made pork chops with a vinegar/cornichon/tomato/onion
> sauce, with leftover happiness soup and kabocha (squash two ways!).
> Not as vinegary as it sounds, a Burgundian recipe, but not something I
> wanted to chance a more expensive Burg on. So went south to Beaujolais
> for the 2006 JP Brun (Terres Dorees) Morgon. Light tannins, ripe red
> cherry and strawberry fruit, moderate acidity. Some light herb notes
> with time. A nice wine, though not particularly compelling. Which is
> what I'm beginning to think is my reaction to most of the Brun crus. I
> think from now on my buying of Brun will concentrate on the white and
> the L'Ancien, and I'll use my Cru Beaujolais bucks for Coudert,
> Descombes, Desvignes, Vissoux. Still, a perfectly pleasant wine.B

I know what you mean, Dale. I've only had his Fleurie (I think I have
his '05 Cotes de Brouilly in the cellar) but I wonder whether he's been
able to source really good land/vines as he's expanded into those Crus.
Time will tell, I suppose. On a related note, one of the 4 wines I
brought back from Caves Augé in Paris was the '05 G. Descombes Morgon.
I know that Dressner brings it into the US and I did try to find things
not available through normal channels, but I've never seen a bottle of
this before... The other red I brought back was a Morgon from a
producer I've never heard of before (Chamonard IIRC).

Mark Lipton

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