Corkbuzz, New York, NY
Tasted Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Seth Rosenberg with 981 views
This was Josh's baby. He set it up and brought all the wines we didn't buy off the list. He used mags whenever he could. So any bottle that doesn't say where it is from, is from Josh. After some discussion we decided to do all the wines double blind, just for fun.
We were told that one was mature and one was young - it wasn't hard to figure out which was which.
Josh brought the Burg, while Al called in earlier and order the Lopez off the list.
In our group, you can't have a wine night without Riesling. So we bought two off the list. We love the 2010s.
Technically two flights, but I tried them all together, so I lumped them into one.
After the main flights, we tried a couple of solo bottles.
1979 Lanson Champagne Red Label 93 Points
France, Champagne
Tasted double blind, from magnum. Light-medium yellow-gold, almost white gold. Clearly the mature wine of the pair (paired with another champagne - 04 Vilmart). Very creamy, vanilla, cocoa, roasted nuts (Matt), minerals, winey-cidery tones. Quite mature, flavor-wise, on the palate. Starts with creamy cocoa and malt, then the winey aspect, pear, lots of ginger. The mouthfeel is much younger: very tight bubbles and quite acidic. Moves into a tart finish: lemon and minerals. An excellent mature champagne in great condition. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je Ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16.5/20.
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2004 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier d'Or 91 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Double blind, from magnum. Light gold. Showed young fruit first tight lemon and green apple, but evolved to show lots of spice, nutmeg, gunpowder, mineral, some cool element like cucumber or scallions. Matt morphs this into Tzatziki, which sounds good to me. Young with sweet fruit on the palate: pear and lemon, yeasty. Quite tasty. Lots of acid, but only medium weight style. Toasty finish. This needs time, it's young with lots of structure an acid. Paul nailed it, year, producer and wine - right off the bat. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je Ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15.5/20.
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