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發表於 2014-3-23 09:48:54
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本帖最後由 fokker 於 2014-3-23 10:21 編輯
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Let me give my 2 cent worth of opinion on this CONFEREE business.
I first tried some of these conferee wines in the early 90s when I tasted my way through Cote D' Or. I have always found them to be adequate and pleasant, but never with a VOW effect.
To the uninitiated, as Lascasse said above, Burgundy is a huge minefield that could lift you to Heaven (and certainly it would cost you an arm and a leg), but more often it could bomb you to Hell, and cost you an arm and a leg all the same. This conferee is a sort of panel, committee, where a winemaker send their wines to, and hopefully get the "Tastevin" label, as an endorsement, as some kind of guarantee of quality, to sell to the consumers.
Now, any highly esteemed and self-respecting winemakers could not be bothered with such a process as they have absolutely no problem selling their wines. You ever seen a DRC with a Tastevin label? Or for that matter, a Roumier, Mugnier, Leflaive, Comte Lafon, De Vogue? I have seen/drunk a Leroy with a Tastevin label and that was a Negociant white capsuled village level wine, for which I suspect she or her managers had trouble selling at the prices they charge.
Years ago I was invited to a wine dinner held by the Hong Kong chapter of this Conferee de Chevalier in the restaurant Petrus on the top floor of Island Shangri La Hotel. The wines were, once again, adequate, but the so called Chevaliers (Hong Kong locals and French ones alike) were, well, to put it politely, very sure of themselves. They made it as though they were the only people who knew about Burgundy and their wines were the best and you were the lucky few outsiders who get to join in their superlative event. And in between courses of food, they would have to sing their anthem, which goes, la, la, la, la, la non-stop in a not very nice tune; and whilst singing, you have to hold up your arms and rotate your fists in a circular motion until you stop singing.
I would not go again; I have also found the same when I was invited as a guest to the Hong Kong chapter of the Bordeaux equivalent.
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