TN: 10 years after, 2001 Chambolle and Tuscan

First of all, a hearty congratulations to both you and Betsy (and, incidentally, David) on your 10 years of marriage. May the next 10 years be as filled with good times, good food and good wine as the last

My experience with the wines of Montevertine, which haven't been as extensive as I'd like :), suggest to me that of the three bottlings I've sampled the Montevertine is my favorite, even beyond the Pergole Torte. Since such a quercophobe as the good Jay Miller speaks well of aged Pergole Torte, it's certainly possible that I just haven't had an old enough one to fully appreciate its charms. Be that as it may, I'll never look askance at a Montevertine bottling (or, for that matter, a Pian del Ciampolo either). Your '01 sounds like my ideal of that it can be.

Burgundy with steelhead? First of all, I'm jealous that you can find steelhead at all: the only ones I've eaten I've caught myself. I'd have thought that the Burgundy might have overwhelmed the fish (notwithstanding my basic distrust of Pinot Noir with fish, as you might recall). Was the preparation very red wine friendly? And Roumier! As SFJoe once said to me on that topic: you're living large. It sounds great and makes me look at CT for the drinking windows on my Roumier Bussieres (a different beast, I realize).

Mark Lipton

I really love Pergole Torte, but it really is best with plenty of age. The Montevertine/Riserva (same wine) is generally more approachable, but does take a few years to hit peak imho. The PdC is of course accessible from the get-go. All nice wines.

I confess this steelhead was farmed. I was actually going for wild sockeye, but they were out. The farmed steelhead (rainbow) has a fairly robust flavor, I didn't find it a problem at all. As to Roumier, I regret I didn't buy more during the years between my personal discovery (1998 vintage) and prices going through roof (2003 vintage). I committed infanticide on the '99s, and now only have a bottle or two each of '00, 01 , 02 village wines (and a Bussieres or two). Only think I have since is a couple bottles of Bourgogne. I am seeing 09 village released at $150 ('99 and '00 were under $30, '01 and '02 about $35).

The farmed steelhead I've had was more like salmon than trout right down to the color. The wild steelhead that I've caught was more trout- like.

Montevertine...love the regular bottling not a huge fan of the Riserva...too much oak.

Roumier...WOW!!

actually the Montevertine and Montevertine Riserva are same wine, EU just made them stop calling it Riserva. So bottles from 80s and early 90s say Riserva, after some point in late 90s it doesn't. You're probably thinking of Pergole Torte, only one that sees new oak barrels (25-30%).