Uliz: Bourgogne rouge 09 & Macon Solutré 10

Friends were visiting us yesterday and we had the opportunity to taste the following two newly arrived wines: Bourgogne Pinot Noir 09 by Antoine Petitprez and Macon Solutré 10 ULIZ.

One friend tasting the Bourgogne rouge said: "Cherry-caramel, I have never tasted something like this before." I understand this point of view. Wine is quite opulent yet it remains fresh and complex. This is vintage 09: quite generous but the point was to avoid heavyness. Yet this wine is very drinkable and not heavy at all. The bottle did not last long. I was quite pleased and impressed. I found that it tasted even better than the previous times when I tasted it.

Macon Soluté 10 was rather fine too. Similar to the 09 version. Those who tasted vintage 09 knows...

昨日友人たちが遊びにきた折に、4月末に届いたばかりのワインのうち、アントワン・プティプレのブルゴーニュ・ピノ・ノワール2009とマコン・ソリュトレ2010Ulizを試飲しました。

うち（ワインは全くの初心者の）一人はブルゴーニュ・ピノ・ノワールを「サクランボ、キャラメル！こんなの今まで飲んだことない！」と。私も同意。味わいは口一杯に広がりますが、フレッシュさと複雑さも同時に持ち合わせています。これが09のヴィンテージの味わいです：とても上質ですが、ポイントは重たるくならないようにすることです。このワインは大変飲み頃で重たるさは全くありません。その夜、このワインはあっという間に空き、私もとても嬉しく、そしてワインにも大変感心させされました。前回飲んだときよりもずっと良かったです。

マコン・ソリュトレ2010も良かったです。こちらは09とよく似ています。こちらのお味は09を飲んで頂いた方はよくご存知でしょう。

Tenoma's wine seminar - 1

Great thanks to all who attended the 1rst seminar & special thanks to Tenoma for hosting the wine seminar.
 
For this first session, we had a quick tour in the french vineyards.
We visited producers and tasted their wines.
We reviewed french wine history, from ancient greecs and romans to nowadays.
We learned about monks, kings, emperors, people and revolutions, grands crus and popular wines, wine business, mondovino...
 
We tasted:
- Pomerol Château Belle Brise 2002
- Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Bel Air 2004 Pierre Naigeon
- Meursault Narvaux 2008 Antoine Petitprez ULIZ
- Saint Romain 2008 Antoine Petitprez.
 
Kind regards to all. Yoko & Vincent.

Wines just arrived!

This morning, fresh temperature, no rain, bottles seem in good shape... So far so good. Cellar is extra full.

Dimanche après-midi en terrasse

... avec les amis, l'accordéon, le bon vin et les apéros... même le beau temps était de la partie!
 
Merci à tous pour ce moment & pour les merveilleuses photos sur FB (Merci Lawrence). Grand merci au Chef Ishida pour son accueil et ses délicieux amuse-gueules...
 
Salutations à tous & au plaisir!
Yoko & Vincent.

Sakura in Kokura - Sun 8 April

Sharing food and wines with friends under the cherry trees in blossom. Chef Oishi from Shinkukan restauraut in Kokura prepared an awsome turtle soup. We drunk white wine with, in particular Uliz's Saint Romain 2008 tastes really fine by now with very particular & subtle minerality. We had no proper glasses... but that did not matter.