DC/Silver Spring MD
Tasted Saturday, April 27, 2019 by ericindc with 150 views
The 8 of us got together at Marc's for a Northern Rhone dinner. Always a great time.
Probably my favorite flight. Both bottles showed well, but the Guigal was just more refreshing. Served with breads, brillat saverin, and a soft goat cheese.
This was a hard flight for me. Stylistically, just not my bag. Served with ratatouille pie.
This was a great flight of wines. Served with Beef stew and manchego cheese. Chave was my fav, but wow it took a long time for the brett to start to blow off. It was pretty undrinkable when opened.
Served with a raspberry cake and an assortment of chocolates. Didnt pair great with the wine, but it was all good. I didnt pay as much attention to this wine as I should have as it was at about this time the Chave from the previous flight started to show better.
Marc provided most of the wines and we appreciate his generosity. Also, his beef main dish he made for the dinner was fantastic!
Generally I am not a fan of young syrah, so I generally preferred the aged wines. My favorites of the night was the 1. Guigal blanc, 2. Chave Rouge, and 3. Belle Hermitage. Wonderful night.
1984 E. Guigal Hermitage Blanc 95 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Younger, sweet yellow fruited nose. Really young seeming for such an old wine, color was still pretty pale yellow. Sharp acid, great complex fruit, a hint of mature notes, some ever so light herbal quality. Really refreshing. Stunning wine.
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1984 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Slightly bretty stink on the nose with apricot and sherry notes. Darker color (kinda apple juice colored). Some earth tones, browned fruits, fuller body. Good acid. Almost a tannin-like grip. A bit tiring to drink after a while though. Held up pretty well over 5 hrs.
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