2000 Dom. de la Rossignole Cuvee Vieille Vignes

[hotwine]

Received a retailer's fax a couple of days ago announcing this one as a featured selection at this morning's tasting bar, so I happily drove the 20 miles over there, given Debra's instructions a couple of weeks ago to "Find more!" after enjoying a '96. First, the dingbat clerk handed me a glass of a green stemmy white that turned out to be a Graves; wrong wine, lady. "Well, we don't have a Ross-ig-nole." Your fax says you do. "Well, it must not have come in yet. Yeah, that's it, we didn't get it from the distributor." Please look again, madam. "Hey Joe, we didn't get that Ross-ig-nole stuff, did we?" A kid finds it, and hands me a single bottle. I'd like that chilled for samplng, please, before buying a case. Wait while it cools in the electric chiller. Finally, a small portion is poured. The nose is so delicate it's difficult to pick up (especially after the Graves). Sip. Good grief... an ephemeral, delicate wisp of a wine, slightly floral, light as a feather. Gorgeous. Don't even mind the zing of the cash register, when it rings up $209.60 after sales tax and case discount. Out of there before too much of their dumbness rubs off......

[Thomas]

Great story Hotwine. Maybe Roberto and I should join together and open an is-winexpo your way!

[winoweenie]

I GUARANTEE YOU! it'll be a whale of a lot easier than in the 2 cesspools you're in, and lots more profitable. WW

[hotwine]

Thanks, Foodie, I sure wish you would! But I wouldn't wish these distributors on you. They're even dumber than that clerk!

[hotwine]

Tried one tonight with a very light pasta dish. "Really a nice Sancerre", she says. "But it needs something. What does it need?" Two years in the cellar, I say. "That's it!" she says.