Tasting of 100PP wines

Peter challenged us to bring a 100PP-wine. And one other bottle that could be memorable.
All wines tasted blind, not in flights, but one after another.
Was too busy enjoying, so I confined myself to scoring the wines on a 100-point-scale and scribbling some keywords.

• 2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne 97 Points

  France, Champagne

  pure, very complex, tension, full of fruit. Fantastic.

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• 2002 Pierre Péters Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Speciale Blanc de Blancs Les Chetillons 95 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

  Classic, yeasty, oxidative style, exciting, length and focus

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• 1990 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  Amber color, fading bubbles, vinous and round, oxidative yet interesting. Decline?

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• 2009 Didier Dagueneau Silex 97 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé

  Intoxicating nose, very demanding and in your face, full of nerve, concentration and class. High alcohol is perceptible, but not troublesome at the moment. Beautiful.
  Was surprised this turned out to be an SB.

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• 2009 Château Pape Clément Blanc 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  High octane wine, lots of oak, generous, great detail, nose is relatively shy now. Seems very young. It's a beast.

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• 2007 Domaine Gauby Côtes Catalanes Coume Gineste 97 Points

  France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Côtes Catalanes

  Mineral, elegant, remarkable balance! This is extremely good. Felt like an elegant White Rhone.

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• 1992 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 98 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Full bodied and fat, laced with wonderful minerality and feminine elegance. Top class acidity, balance and harmony. Although this wine still feels a bit young and nervous (!), it's drinking perfectly right now. Stupendous wine.

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• 1986 Camille Giroud Corton-Charlemagne 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

  Big, complex. Slightly too old IMHO, drying out. Still very nice, yet more 'interesting' than 'tasty'.

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• 2006 Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay Sweeney Canyon 92 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills

  Candyshop, hot finish, larger than life, slightly flabby. Great tropical fruit cocktail though, there is good definition on the palate.

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• 2011 Claudy Clavien (La Cave des Champs) Fendant 88 Points

  Switzerland, Valais

  This fell out of the line-up. Strange wine, hard to denominate its nuances. Grassy and herbal like an SB. Or a GruVe. Okay wine.

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• 2010 Fogdog Chardonnay Sonoma Coast 95 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  High alcohol, too. But it's more integrated in the wine. Great stuffing, complexity. Extremely tasty and palatable. Gorgeous chardonnay. Seems like an excellent QPR to me.

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• 2009 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée 95 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Shy and maybe closed at the moment. I could feel the tension and quality, though. Gorgeous bitterness in the finish. Fine acidity, really elegant, too. But it's all covered by its immense concentration and bulky stature.

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• 2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes 97 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Crisp, young, nervous, oily, citrous, tropical fruit, hint of bazaar. All of this is unbelievably well judged and balanced. Rock star of a wine.

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• 2007 Vérité La Joie 98 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County

  Wide open and flattering. Awesome wine that impresses by its refinement and charme. Which is quite an achievement considering its concentration and multilayered stature. Bravo.

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• 1982 Casa Ferreirinha Douro Barca Velha 96 Points

  Portugal, Douro

  Captivating. Old-fashioned style, which I adore. Especially when served in this company. Touch of brett, outdoorsy, beautiful spicy seasoning, fresh black and red fruit play a humble but important role. Great wine.

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• 2006 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli 94 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino

  Extraction (too much?), tannines still drying. tasty oak, wonderful black fruit. Needs time. Hopefully the fruit survives.

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• 2010 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) 91 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Sweet, candied black fruit nose. Way to tannic. Clenched aromatics, muddy, cloudy, unyielding wine. All about structure now. Not experienced enough to see the promise in this.

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• 1990 Château Montrose 99 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

  Mindblowingly precise and complex. This stuff left me speachless. Peak drinking now, cruising through its midlife. Insane wine.

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• 2001 Greenock Creek Shiraz Apricot Block 95 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Wonderfully pure in its fruit, developing some maturation depth and compexity now. Very modern, very well made, very beautiful. Great wine.

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• 2007 Domaine Saint Préfert Châteauneuf-du-Pape Collection Charles Giraud 93 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Kirsch, honeycoated peanuts, big and bold. Could use some more depth, more dimensions.

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• 2001 Domaine de la Mordorée Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bois 89 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Sweetish nose, palate searching for direction. Slightly clumsy and disjointed. Finish is marked by alcohol. All the ingredients seem to be there, but it needs finetuning.
  Felt disappointed when the wrap came off... Always thought that this would be up my alley. Difficult phase?

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• 1994 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 94 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Mature, yet full of potential. Strong tannic frame, which merely accentuates the long finish. A great Napa-Cabernet with a distinguished and traditional feel.

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• 2007 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée da Capo 91 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Gorgeous, luxurious nose of black fruit, spices, oak and damp earth. Alas, in the mouth its marred by alcohol and a clumsy, disjointed mouthfeel. Trying too hard to impress.

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• 2007 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Garnacha Campo de Borja 96 Points

  Spain, Aragón, Campo de Borja

  Open, friendly and very compelling. Spectacular purity of nuances and lots of juiciness and fun. Liked it a lot better than the C9dP's we had tonight...

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• 2005 Colgin Cariad 93 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  This was wild, big and classy, but not giving all it's got... unfortunately. I think it would have done better when given more time in the decanter. Now it showed its darker, gloomy side. Brooding, tannic and backward. And a bright future.

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• 2003 E. Guigal Ermitage Ex-Voto 86 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  Murky, dirty laundry, dry ditch, disjointed. Discussion in the group whether this is an off-bottle or that this presentation is a result of the scorching vintage and its roasted fruit.

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• 2004 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valley 94 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Massive wine, but some elegance and sense of place is starting to peek through... Plum, black cherry, pepper, roasted herbs, compost. Yum.

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• 2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 99 Points

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Wow.. Those QC wines always take me by surprise... Didn't saw this one coming and it knocked me out of my boots. Blackberrypuree, kirsch, sandalwood, black tea, dark chocolate, dry-aged beef and fantastic tannines that give way to an everlasting succulence throughout the finish. Number one wine.

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• 2004 Viñedos Lacalle y Laorden Rioja Viña el Pisón 93 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

  Interesting mixed presentation: combining old- and new world characrteristics. Generous use of oak, clear acidic presence, bright cherry and also some prune-pie nuances. Very good wine, but clearly outshined by its predecessor.

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• 2008 Bodegas Luis Cañas Rioja Reserva Selección de la Familia 91 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, Rioja

  Succulent, friendly, slightly one-dimensional, but well-crafted. Had no idea where this was from... Very good wine though.

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• 2009 Château Pontet-Canet 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Very intense wine, a little rough 'round the edges, probably very young. Opulent mouthfeel, sweet tannines which need to inegrate. Clearly cabernet dominated. Bordeaux or Napa...? Dunno.

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• 2001 Château Rieussec 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  Bright gold, fat, complex, tropical swirl, waxy, vanilla, pepper, ginger, mandarin, powerful. Drinking great now.

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• 2001 Château d'Yquem 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  More elegant, more finesse. Fruit has a wonderful candied lemon-and-lime touch. Palate is very creamy and mouthfilling. More crystalline and feminine, probably more complex, but my palate is almost shot by now...

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Again, we had a fantastic evening in Restaurant Bottles, courtesy to Peter for putting it all together and to Jens and his crew for hosting and serving us a lovely diner.

Personal WOTN: Montrose 1990 and Quilceda Creek 2005 (ex aequo), followed closely by Bonneau du Martray's 1992 Corton-Charlemagne.
Other wines to look out for: Gauby Coume Gineste, Phelps Fogdog, Alto Moncayo.