Casual (Mostly) Burg Dinner with Friends
Abigail's American Bistro - Highland Park IL
Tasted Wednesday, January 13, 2016 by Burgundy Al with 435 views
Abigail's American Bistro - Highland Park IL
Tasted Wednesday, January 13, 2016 by Burgundy Al with 435 views
2011 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru Clos des Bouchères 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Pop and pour. Just enough of everything. Ripe, but balanced. Textured, yet alluringly tropical. Super fun wine for now. This might improve a little going forward, but certainly better now vs 10 years from now.
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2002 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Désirée 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Reticent start, and while more fruit and spice emerged with air, the pleasure never really emerged vs the structure, giving a slightly lean edge throughout, particularly on finish.
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2007 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Red cherry and berry with good floral and spice notes. Moderate weight and depth, I like this now but don't see it getting better with more cellar time. But I thought the same about the 2000 vintage of this wine at this stage in its evolution, and that is still getting better and better.
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2013 Lucien Le Moine Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
This had been opened 5-6 hours earlier with ~4 hours in a decanter. Still slightly reductive, and that never really went away. While I liked the spice and floral charm, there was a fundamental fruit deficit from the start, and got more pronounced with more time in glass. An odd wine, very uncharacteristic of LLM.
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1991 Domaine Leroy Nuits St. Georges Aux Lavières 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges
Ripe blue and red berry on nose and palate. Some cherry cola hints to start that started softening with 15-20 minutes in glass. Forward and fresh with moderate weight. easy to enjoy, even if not super nuanced.
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1995 Dominique Laurent Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Good nose with black fruit and lots of fun spice, even if new oak still protrudes. Good overall and easy to enjoy, particularly when first poured. Started seeming more tired with more time in glass, while still showing a bit of 1995's coarseness.
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1996 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
First bottle slightly corked.
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1996 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Open a couple of hours before serving, but more air would have helped make this even better. Lots of red and black fruit with subtle spice. This had the meatiness I often associate with Bonnes Mares, but an elegance that Kevin thought showed more Musigny character. Very good, with upside from here.
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2002 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Domaine Louis Jadot
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Backward, so I wish we had opened this sooner. Good fruit and spice, but this never fully came together tonight in the limited 20-30 minutes in glass. I like the concentration here, so think there is great potential, but this just didn't show that potential tonight. This has also been a very inconsistent wine through the years.
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2003 Marcassin Pinot Noir Blue-Slide Ridge Vineyard
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Very ripe, Liberace-esque extroverted Cali Pinot with lots of heat. You either like this or you don't.
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1990 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Lots of ripe black berries and plum with good spice and plenty of that classic la Chapelle barnyard. Great fruit and good spice make this very easy to enjoy, but I think others who enjoy the wine's typical earthiness liked this much more than I did tonight.
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1963 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage 91 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Dried and sweet cherry with some raisiny concentration. Very enjoyable, just less depth and power vs better bottles I've been fortunate to enjoy in recent years.
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