So, I used some of my quarantine time in the last few weeks to conduct a full cellar inventory, something I hadn’t done in probably a decade. Which, of course, is a terrible mistake, but anyway, what’s done is done.
In the course of the inventory, I discovered some wines I had failed to log out of inventory over the years, though fewer of those than I expected, but quite a lot which I somehow had failed to input into my CT inventory, which was rather unexpected.
Both from the wines I discovered that should have been in inventory, as well as just some others where seeing them said to me “I probably should put these in the drink-soon pile,” I created a small stash of assorted wines to open. Some I thought were probably over the hill, some that were in the question mark range, some that I was optimistic but still were better to open than to hold longer.
So this thread can be my notes from opening these bottles. Please chime in with any thoughts. These aren’t in chronological order, but they’re all from the last couple of weeks.
I’ll start with the one in my glass right now. 2009 Domaine Calot Morgon VV. The story behind this wine is that, back in 2010, Paul Galli posted a rave note on the 2009 Domaine Calot Morgon Cuvee Unique, which got me to buy a few and order a few more in the mail.
The Cuvee Unique was really good, maybe in a less-typical way for Beaujolais, in its youth, but kind of went to a bad place after 6-8 years, as both Paul and I separately observed. It become heavy, flat, clumsy.
Anyway, when I ordered the additional bottles in the mail, I was sent the VV, not the Cuvee Unique. I pondered at the time whether to hassle with returning them, but eventually decided it wasn’t worth the effort (i.e. was too lazy) and kept the VVs.
Yesterday, I opened my last bottle of the VV, and you know, it’s really damn good. Bright, fresh, purple berries and pomegranates, which have freshness but are not very sweet anymore, a little dried herb, a hint of black olive, some plum skin tannins left, medium acid. Really a very nice wine, and holding up great on night #2.