15th Annual Masters of Food and Wine
Highlands Inn Carmel Highlands, CA
The Magnificence of Marcassin
A morning with Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer February 22, 2001
The Magnificance of Marcassin! Magnificent it was! World class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from 6 year old vines? Actually, Yes! This was the largest Marcassin tasting ever created! Six Chardonnays and Six Pinot Noirs! Thank you!
The wines, the wines, the wines!
WineChief says, Great wine is made in the vineyard! All Marcassin Estate wines are from vines planted in 1991 along the Sonoma Coast! All are created with natural yeast, very gentle handling, no racking, unfined and unfiltered and it shows!
Creamy Chardonnay!
Silky Pinot Noir!
I asked Helen what she would pair with her Chardonnay. Her answer..."Lobster!" I also asked Helen and John for suggestions on what to pair the Pinot Noir. Their answer... "Salmon, Wild Bird, and Wild Boar!" Marcassin means young wild boar in French!
All wines were decanted for a couple of hours.
My favorite? The Marcassin 1996 Marcassin Chardonnay and Pinot Noir = 5Attababys! I opened the 1996 Pinot Noir for Jean-Jacques Hegner, owner of Le Bistro Bourguignon Wine Bar and Restaurant 8, rue Monge 21200 Beaune France 03 80 22 23 24 Jean-Jacques was so impressed with the Marcassin 1996 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir that he took the empty bottle with him back to France to show and tell his friends and winemakers of his new world discovery!
Wow! Also, one of WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Want more? WineChief's Favorite Chardonnay! and WineChief's Favorite Pinot Noir!
An old saying is appropriate here...
To drink a wine is too see into the winemakers soul. Amen!
1999 Marcassin Upper Barn Vineyard Chardonnay = 4Attababys!
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