tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706490.post114778355115256379..comments2024-03-11T05:22:43.871-07:00Comments on The Caveman's Wine Blog: cavemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524518542395367295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706490.post-1497156522343270652007-07-09T10:03:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:03:00.000-07:00Thanks so much for this post; really well thought ...Thanks so much for this post; really well thought out. I just open a bottle of the 1990 les cazetiers last week. memorable indeed, with an unforgettable nose: tobacco smoke and lilacs or irises (debate amongst the troops as to which). it was so lingering that even a tbl of wine left in a glass that i carried to my bedside table was noticeable as i was reading. for me, all of his wines are elegant, but with sufficent weight and specificy to never be 'lightweights'. <BR/><BR/>thanks again for your spotlight on bruno clair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706490.post-86237956729369792202007-04-11T15:02:00.000-07:002007-04-11T15:02:00.000-07:00I had a bottle of 1998 Clos du Fontenay a couple o...I had a bottle of 1998 Clos du Fontenay a couple of years back that was the best Chambertin I have yet tasted. He makes lovely wines....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706490.post-1148896976179643512006-05-29T03:02:00.000-07:002006-05-29T03:02:00.000-07:00The only one of his wines that I tasted that I wou...The only one of his wines that I tasted that I would characterize as 'light' would be perhaps the Fonteny and that would not be telling the whole story... In terms of the Langerois, compared to the few Marsannay's that I have tasted (Fougeraie de Beauclair's St. jacques and Favieres, Bouvier), I would say that it was a touch richer than the average, but even with it's 'rougher' structure, it maintained that Clair elegance..cavemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524518542395367295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706490.post-1148745109572735512006-05-27T08:51:00.000-07:002006-05-27T08:51:00.000-07:00Excellent take on Bruno Clair´s wines. How would y...Excellent take on Bruno Clair´s wines. How would you describe the Longerois in terms of weigth ?, I know his wines have a reputation of being on th eligth side ?<BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com