Part One of the 8th Annual Real Wine Assault took place at Chambers Street Wines yesterday. I think this free tasting in Chambers Street Wines's old, empty retail space is designed to introduce consumers to "real" wine. I don’t know if they’ve succeeded in that, because I’m not sure what that even really means, but for the most part the wines were very well received.
According to the tasting sheet, "All these growers work in the most 'natural' way possible, avoiding chemical treatments in the vineyards or the use of selected yeasts or additives of any kind in the cellar. Hand harvesting, low yields, old vines and minimal intervention in the winemaking process produce wines that brilliantly express their terroir and the hard work of these dedicated producers." Of the wines I tasted, and I didn't taste everything, only the following left a lasting impression.
Part Two is next Saturday. Try to get there early, by around 4, somewhere around 140 Chambers. A line forms rather quickly.
Domaine de la Pepiere
2007 Muscadet Sevre et Maine $13 *
2007 Clos des Briords $17 **
2005 "Cuvee Eden" from magnum $26 *
2007 "Cuvee Granit" $14 *
Domaine du Closel
2006 Savennieres "La Jalousie" $23 **
2005 Savennieres "Clos du Papillon" $35 *
Domaine Bernard Baudry
2007 Chinon "Les Granges" $18 **
2007 Chinon "Cuvee Domaine" $18 **
2006 Chinon "Le Clos Guillot" $30 ***
2006 Chinon Blanc "La Croix Boissee" $37 Wine of the Night ***
Pierre and Catherine Breton, Bourgueil
2007 "Trinch" $18
2007 Franc de Pied $23 *
2006 "Clos Senechal" $26 *
2006 "Les Perrieres" $30 **
(2006 "Nuits d'Ivresse" (No sulfites) $26 was off.)
Catherine and Claude Marechal
2006 Borgogne Cuvee Gravel $24 *
2006 Savigny-les-Beaune Vieilles Vignes $40 **
2007 Chorey-les-Beaune $34 *
2007 Auxey-Duresses $34 **
2007 Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru Les Lavieres $50 ***
Fernand Girard
2007 Domaine Girard Sancerre "La Garenne" $24 **
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