It’s soooo nice to be
back.

First impressions of this
one are a WELCOME pecan
shell astringency and
SURPRISING jammy fruit
flavor.

This might be the best
CruB that I have had.

For the past two years
or so I have been going
to the games, but now
I want a front row seat.

Sheesh.

The first CruB that I tried
was “more acidic” than I
expected and was a bit hard
to adjust to.

I would like to see how I
react to that wine now.

THIS wine has the astringency
that I miss in my beloved PN.

Maybe it’s because I shy
away from oak.

I DON’T KNOW.

It seems to me like the
tannins are in the grapes
as opposed to being
acquired from excessive oak.

I don’t taste a lot of oak.

Maybe it’s grape vine stemminess.

I used to “harvest” my
grape vine trimmings so
that I had plenty of this
kind of aged wood for smoking
hibachi grilled meat.

THAT was good stemminess.

It looks like I paid
up A LITTLE to get
this particular wine.

Good for me.

Maybe now I’m remembering
taking extra time to look
at the CruB offerings
with an eye toward expanding
my CruB experience.

As I try to wean myself
off of this wine for today,
I AM NOTICING a bit of
gaminess or that Gina Carano
tennie odor.

Slightly distracting maybe,
but definitely seductive.

It’s something I would
be hoping to find in Gamay.

For the uninitiated…

Here’s a link on
the Skurnik site for
the 2016 vintage…

https://www.skurnik.com/sku/julienas-cuvee-tradition-michel-tete-2-2-2/

And a Wine.com review
for the 2015 vintage…

https://www.wine.com/product/domaine-michel-tete-julienas-cuvee-tradition-2015/295078

Day Two…

When you know that
you are going to have
THIS wine for lunch, then
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH?

Lazy C4+1 Potatoes

“C” clues…
C1) potato configuration
C2) texture
C3) anti-braising liquid
C4) flavor enhancement technique
C5) cookware type

I can’t believe that
anything this stupid and
simple can be so good.

The potatoes, not the wine.

The wine is neither stupid
nor simple.

Maybe I should drink MORE
of this kind of wine to
see if will rub off on me.

The wine seemed a bit
“thicker” today.

(Maybe I rubbed off on
the wine.)

The “astringency” is still
present and accounted for.

Possibly as a result of
being influenced by the links
above, I get the “earthy” thing.

The last few sips of this
one are really tanning my
mouth.

Excellent.

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Again, for the uninitiated…

I had to go back to the big
Wine atlas to get my CruB bearings.

A DETAILED explanation of
CruB is above my pay grade,
but I at least want to get
a fix on where this particular
wine came from.

The Beaujolais area is in
the SOUTHERN part of the
broader Burgundy area.

(I keep reminding myself.)

Juliénas is one of the ten
“crus” and is in the north
of the Cru Beaujolais area.

Here’s a nice site that might
help you get your bearings…

https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/a-personality-guide-to-the-10-crus-of-beaujolais-with-regional-map/

I’m having a hard time
throwing the EMPTY bottle away.

Hang in there.