Cyclone Mark
May 20, 2008 – 7:34 pm by Cameron
Yesterday began with a great tour of the Josmeyer cellars, and a very informative barrel tasting of wines with Jean-Meyer. From Pinot Gris to Gewurztraminer to Riesling to Pinot Auxerre and back again, we certainly learnt lot, and walked away with a greater appreciation of the work that Josmeyer do. In particular we found out that now with Jean-Meyer’s biodynamic production he opts to take a softly softly approach in the winery. To the point where we saw one batch of wine still undergoing fermentation - some 8 months after it started.
Most of the wine is fermented in large foudres, of which we also had the pleasure of checking out first hand. The aromatics inside a barrel just after emptying are incredible, as Phil will testify.
The wines are terrific by the way, and in particular we’ll be keeping an eye out for the 2007 Hengst Riesling & 2007 Fromentau Pinot Gris, which were the picks of the day for me.
A short while later we’re back in the car heading back to Beaune where we met up with ‘Cyclone Marks’, better know as Adam Marks from Bress winery. Adam and his wife Lynne were in Beaune for the day and joined us for dinner at one of Beaune’s most sought after eating venues - Ma Cuisine.
We had a terrific dinner, with far too much wine, and true to form, Cyclone Marks was, well, a force to be reckoned with. He not only showed us how to really speak French - it seems our quiet thoughtful approach to the language is nowhere near as effective as Adam’s gung-ho shotgun approach - but also showed us the disadvantages of getting into a drinking contest with the locals.
Needless to say we had a terrific night, but the head is just a tad worse for wear this morning thanks to Adam.
One Response to “Cyclone Mark”
I bet you didn’t eat any Bresse chickens that night.
Great picture of Marksie, but I’ve discovered that pictures of Phil look a lot better when there’s something gigantic covering his head. Oh, that’s a bit mean.
I really just want to know if you won the drinking contest, though it sounds like there were no real winners…
It should probably be pointed out that Adam has a gung-ho shotgun approach to just about everything.
Adam (not Marks, don’t blame me)
By adam on May 22, 2008