Josh Morgenthau

Fishkill Farms / Treasury Cider

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Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

Clos Michet Montlouis-sur-Loire Chenin Blanc 2019

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Showing some lanolin and exotic citrus. — a day ago

Jan, Ceccherini and 15 others liked this

Tardieu-Laurent

Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc White Rhone Blend 2019

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Josh had this a day ago

Jan, Ceccherini and 10 others liked this

Château Thivin

Cuvée La Chapelle Côte de Brouilly Gamay 2017

Josh Morgenthau

8.7

Tart, dusty, puckering. Shaping up nicely then sadly, with air, a touch of mouse. Atypical for this domaine. — 8 days ago

Ericsson, Adriana and 18 others liked this

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2007

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Liqueur like. Some lightly toasted marshmallow. Preserved lemon. Medium acid.

This is the Tondonia Blanco. @Delectable Wine barely managed to post after half a dozen tries, now won’t let me correct the identified wine. — 9 days ago

Michael, Tom and 18 others liked this

Domaine de Montbourgeau

Côtes Du Jura Poulsard 2018

Josh Morgenthau

9.0

Plum and piquant berry spice. Opens to be quite generous and textured. — a day ago

Andrew, Ceccherini and 14 others liked this

Saint Jean du Barroux

L'Argile Côtes du Ventoux Grenache Blend 2017

Josh Morgenthau

9.1

Plum pudding and grape candy. Dusty, chalky, tactile. Cocoa nib, black licorice. Taffyish. — a day ago

Sharon, Brian and 17 others liked this

I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

Vinudilice Rosé Blend 2019

Josh Morgenthau

Sadly, flawed bottle. Mouse. — 9 days ago

Ericsson, Romain and 9 others liked this

Clos des Papes

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2007

Josh Morgenthau

9.5

Josh had this 13 days ago

Jeroen, Ira and 25 others liked this

Gut Hermannsberg

Altenbamberger Rotenberg GG Riesling 2019

Josh Morgenthau

9.6

Pungent, punchy and floral with carrot, ginger and petroleum. Smokey with a citron zest nose, bracing high wire acid, and so much aching minerality on the palate it’s kind of painful but still so delicious. Watch out. — a day ago

Lyle, Andrew and 15 others liked this

Lyle Fass

21’s shred the 19’s here

Nicolas Joly

Les Vieux Clos Savennières Chenin Blanc 2019

Josh Morgenthau

6.8

This is not a faithful representation of Savennieres.

I cannot think of a winemaker with terroir as good at this who has failed to live up to it to such an extent. What a shame. — 2 days ago

Ely, Ted and 5 others liked this

Peter van den Besselaar

Joly has supporters and fierce opponents, it seems…

Josh Morgenthau

This bottle was cidery, overly ripe, with va, mouse and a host other off-flavors barely held in check. There is real texture, tons of dry extract and it’s clear the grapes were phenomenal at one point, perhaps long before they were picked. The savennieres qualities try but fail to peek out.
Of Joly, I once counted myself a fan, and have had a few good bottles over the years, but many more bad ones.
To be honest if I were rating just the contents of the bottle my score would be in the low to mid 80s. But what rankles me is the difference between the potential of the terroir in a great vintage - this wine should have been great- and the results after a militantly “natural” winemaking regime. For me they are as manipulated as “parkerized” wines, only under a different banner.

Ely Cohn

@Josh Morgenthau makes complete sense. Whether it’s restaurants or wine or movies, nothing bugs me more than the delta between reputation and whether the thing is truly good/not good. Kind of how I feel about susucaru.

I’ll need to revisit joly. I visited in 2016 and he was nice to invite me to hang out for the day. all I’ve tasted it what I tried that afternoon but I brought a few back which are in storage. I’ll give it another shot and let you know.

Thx for the thoughtful write up!