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HDH auction tasting at Tru |  (572 page views) | | 6/22/2012-6/23/2012 (Chicago, IL) |
| | - 1999 Bruno Paillard Champagne Assemblage Brut - France, Champagne (6/22/2012)
A very sweet and fruity nose to begin with, slightly doughy. On the palate, this is somewhat emptier, with a very strong apple juice note. Fruity and fresh. Very easy champagne to approach. Drinking well. However, this doesn't do too well with a bit of air; it loses its freshness but doesn't gain too much from the oxidation (which isn't really my style of champagne). (90 pts.)
- 2009 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru (6/22/2012)
Pale golden colour. Delicate green and perfumed nose, with gentle oak and some aromas of peaches and cream. On the palate though, this seems a little bit ripe, lacking a good acidic kick. But the wine seems just a little bit hot; a bit of alcoholic bite in the mid-palate. Nonetheless, a delicious Puligny. (90 pts.)
- 1984 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace - USA, California, Napa Valley, Diamond Mountain (6/22/2012)
Smells like a nice matured cabernet. Slightly earthy, as well as some spicy red fruit notes. Truth be told, quite a youthful nose. On the palate, there's still some ways to go. Good balance of fruit and earth. Tannins are still very much alive; this is very velvety. A little ripe, perhaps, but the balance is there. Delicious. (93 pts.)
- 1996 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl - France, Alsace (6/22/2012)
This is liquid botrytis. Incredible nose of peaches, honey, muscat, and spiced stone fruit compote. On the palate, this has just a touched with sweetness, while there is an incredible vein of acidity that pierces through everything like a linear ray of sunlight piercing the darkness. Bottled sunshine. Could live forever if there was a little bit more sugar; as it is, this is immensely pleasurable now and should last for a decade more at the very least. (95 pts.)
- 1996 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru (6/22/2012)
Pale, ruby red. Spiced cherry and iron on the nose. Definitely Vogue, and perhaps slightly heavy-handed with the oak. The saying goes that Musgny is an iron fist in a velvet glove, and drinking this, you can see exactly where it comes from. This bottle exemplifies the old Musigny cliche. As pale as the wine is, there are flavours of dark cherries on the palate, as well as iron oxide. Mostly resolved tannins and a medium-long finish. (95 pts.)
- N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée - France, Champagne (6/23/2012)
Pale gold colour. Lovely nose with a hint of autolytic yeast, as well as aromas of green apple. Some oak usage present, as well as the typical oxidative notes. A textbook showing. (93 pts.)
- 2007 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (6/23/2012)
I'm not that well-versed in California wines, but the nose comes across closest to a Meursault. Gentle oak, with some notes of lemon curd and maybe egg custard. On the palate, this is quite buttery, but definitely this does not taste like a Meursault. Ripe yellow stone fruit flavours and a slightly hot and disjointed finish. Delicious, but the need for a little bit more acidity makes this slightly cloying and difficult to drink a lot of. Very full bodied. You can feel that >14% alcohol. (90 pts.)
- 2005 Coche-Dury Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru (6/23/2012)
It's not often you find your day completely changed by a glass of wine. This is one of those wines that will do it. Immensely complex but muted nose with some hints of coconut and macadamia. Evokes the BPO playing pianissimo at the ending of the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth -- this is the universe resounding in harmony, ready to explode into fireworks. What can be said about the flavour? It has the richness of Meursault balanced by a piercing arrow of peachy acidity, and a finish that goes on forever. It's somehow both rich and sweet and clean and mineral at the same time. I won't give this a 100 because I can't even begin to imagine what the Corton-Charlemagne would taste. (98 pts.)
- 2005 Frédéric Magnien Echezeaux - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru (6/23/2012)
Real Burgundian nose, with perfumed notes. Slightly floral, but a lot of dusty earth coming through. On the palate, this is very concentrated -- black and earthy. Some flavours of iron oxide. Tannins are surprisingly quite accessible, considering the age. (90 pts.)
- 2001 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos - France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru (6/23/2012)
Advanced golden colour -- yep, oxidized. Telltale nose. Is this premox? Depends on how long you expect your white Burgundies to age. Smell of shiitake mushrooms. On the palate, this just tastes like high-end white wine vinegar. Not the way I like my chardonnay. (FLAWED)
- 2001 Domaine Leroy Romanée St. Vivant - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru (6/23/2012)
Originally tasted blind. Could identify the commune (Vosne) but pegged it for something from the 90s. An immensely concentrated nose. Earthy, fruity, spicy. Everything's there, if you look for it. Despite some signs of bricking, there are tons of fresh berry notes on the nose. There's an internet cliche/meme that goes "what is this i don't even". Wow. There's a bit of sweetness on the palate from the fruit, but lots of spice and earth again. A lovely taste of forest floor and mulch as well. Spicy and lengthy finish. Real Burgundy. (98 pts.)
- 1985 Château Cos d'Estournel - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe (6/23/2012)
Very, very peppery nose. Herbal, vegetal, and only a hint of secondary bordelais characteristics. Very dark and brooding, quite concentrated. A little too much of an acidic bent without anything to balance it out. Very smooth tannins. (90 pts.)
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