1)chateau gaumaran 2002 (medoc ... supposedly merlot led ... dunno)
none of us had seen one before. this sample came via hongkers. a search on the net revealed very little, even then in french.
seems like this is one insular label with a serious seige mentality......some weird (albeit badly translated) stuff on a site featuring this stuff:
Natural demand side of our French wine and safeguard our AOC and our know-how!
Technologies French wine is much more healthy and hygienic than s'autorisent producers in the southern hemisphere.
There was no difference between a Chilean sauvignon, California or New Zealand.
The New World wines are wines chemical which is a price while our French wines express their soil and a way of working.
The New World makes use of oenological practices (outlawed by Europe) who try to artificialize wine and transform a name of a universal standard drink "high technology".
Prefer the cork and at the same time, safeguard the ecosystem of the Mediterranean oak forest cork!
The use of cork has been certified by a favorable carbon (test implemented by Oeneo bouchonnier).
dull blood red, bit of bricking; bit of plum initially, then slowly revealed more exotic? and savoury scents, mushroom, damp earth, pickled jalapeno, soy, capsicum, latter 2 intensified as time went by; almost salty palate of said soy and capsicum/chilli (there's even a prickly aftertaste like the real thing!); fine tannins and moderate amounts of acid; textured mouthfeel like some of those riberas; longish; 12.5%; POP!,barely, didn't gag. don't even know if this is a typical bottle. anyway, a curiosity.
2)dr. loosen uziger wurzgarten riesling kabinett 2003
last of 2 dozen obtained by my aforesaid friend, rest were polished off when fresh.
gold; citrus (more oranges than lime/lemon), pear, apple (red not green, my 13 yr old friend opined), honey, kero; more than off dry; fruit follows onto the palate, orange blossom honey?, someone said pineapple, oatmeal, chalk/mineral; mouthfeel plump, rich but not flabby; enough minerality and acid to prevent things from decending into lolly water territory (03 had a sweltering summer); long; 8.5% BANG! nice one.
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