| | Wonderful dinner and wines with an amazing and fun performance by the Talich Quartet from the Czech Republic. Official Wines with Dinner - 2014 Château de Puligny-Montrachet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Rich fruit is well balanced with mineral and structured elegance. Very bright start-to-finish. Very good now with upside as the richness softens even further. (92 pts.)
- 2006 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Black and red cherry with fully engaging Asian five spice, this seems so nicely "Vosne." Clearly ripe, but easily balanced. Wonderful right now. (92 pts.)
- 2011 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Echezeaux - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
From 3L directly from the domaine. Red cherry throughout with some Indian spice hints. There is a faint underripe note in the middle, but this finishes with charming red cherry. (92 pts.)
- 2003 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Rich and very enjoyable, but there is a slightly hollow middle that follows the ripe black fruit start. Certainly easy to enjoy, but I don't see any upside from here.
- 2006 Domaine de Montille Corton-Charlemagne - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Magnums directly from the domaine. Wonderfully combines rich opulence of peach and poached pear with steely minerality. If blind, I'd have thought this from a better, younger vintage. (93 pts.)
- 2006 Château Suduiraut - France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Fresh and dried apricot with marzipan and candied orange rind. Very good flavors, but it didn't seem to have the energy on finish I tend to enjoy from great Sauternes. (91 pts.)
Bonus Bottles from Guests - 1949 Morin Pere & Fils Musigny - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Great depth and concentration, clearly Grand Cru. Fully evolved into a charming wine perhaps slightly past its peak, showing bittersweet mint chocolate notes. Very enjoyable.
- 1979 Bouchard Aîné & Fils Musigny - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. All mushroom and earth.
- 1995 Domaine Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Black fruits with meaty character and lots of power. Slightly flashy aromas, then less flash and lots of substance and concentration on the palate. Very good length. Gevrey comes through very nicely here, with the Leroy style playing a perfect supporting role. (93 pts.)
- 1999 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Very dense, meaty and powerful black cherry and plum. Long and still slightly brooding. Very good now. Upside from here. (92 pts.)
- 1976 Domaine Henri Lamarche Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru La Grande Rue - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Oxidized. (FLAWED)
- 1970 Charles Vienot Richebourg - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Initially this was thought to be dead, but I tasted it several hours after being opened and found it classically Vosne with blacker fruit and spice hints, albeit certainly very mature and advanced.
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