On 5/21/10 10:52 AM, DaleW wrote:

>
> The main wine was the 2007 Guion "Cuvee Prestige" Bourgueil. Bright
> berry fruit, seems a little lighter/less concentrated than the 2005.
> but still a nice light to middle weight Cab Franc. Berries, flowers, a
> little earth and leather. Nice acids, some grippy tannins. In light of
> recent posts I look for anything that seems bretty, other than the
> faint leather note (which can be - or not be- a brett precursor) I'm
> not getting. I think of myself as reasonably brett-sensitive (if
> fairly brett tolerant). So I put the question to my non-geeky wife
> and stepson- do you get any of the following non-fruit aromas- cedar,
> leather, moss, manure, pine needles, bandaids, leather,pepper,
> sandalwood, poopy diapers, spice (I just tried to come up with a
> varied list). Both voted for leather, Dave said maybe pepper. No votes
> for manure, diapers, or bandaids (Betsy is fairly brett-sensitive).
> But different strains show to different folks ,,,differently. Laube
> has found heavy brett in wines that I (and others) found fairly clean.
> B/B+

Thanks for the note, Dale. I'm replying here to avoid running afoul of
the opposing camp, but it's good to know that the two bottles I have of
this wine are not hopelessly tainted with Brett -- not that I seriously
entertained that idea anyway. So, we'll see what happens when I open
one of them ;-)

Mark Lipton



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