DRC Dinner 2

Sydney, Australia
Tasted Saturday, August 25, 2012 by CamWheeler with 766 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 1996 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage Brut 90 Points

    France, Champagne

    Nutty, with some apple, orange peel and spice. The palate is still showing good weight and is also getting near to its peak with development of honeyed character. Drink over the next couple of years.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 1981 Heggies Vineyard Riesling 91 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

    Under screwcap. Kerosene, toast and green apples with some lightly scented floral notes. The palate shows nice balance and is bright and delicious without being very complex. Still, an appealing wine and yet another good old Riesling under screwcap.

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  • 1986 Mount Pleasant Wines Sémillon Elizabeth 90 Points

    Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

    Took a little bit of time to open up after pouring, but was quite classic in its composition - lemon, toast and lanolin along with some background grapefruit. There is well balanced fruit richness still evident on the palate and it finishes with medium length. Holding up well, as it was not dissimilar from a bottle 4-5 years ago, but I would drink in the not too distant future.

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 2001 Tyrrell's Sémillon Vat 1 90 Points

    Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

    Lemon butter, coconut, graphite and some citrus peel aromas. The palate is rounded, with that buttery element coming through as well. There is enough acid to give the wine some focus. I still think that this is a wine to drink in the short-medium term.

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  • 2003 Grosset Riesling Polish Hill Clare Valley 90 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

    Lemon pastry, some light honey and background smoke. The palate is youthful, with prominent acidity and decent length.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine Michel Niellon Bâtard-Montrachet 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    An attractive nose that has layers of complexity - aromas of lemon, stones with light moss, baked apple and some tame smoky oak. The palate is on another level again, there is powerful rich fruit complimented by verve and vibrancy. Texturally and length wise it is simply exceptional. It is so delicious and interesting already that I would be very tempted to drink it while in its youth.

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  • 2007 Maison de Grand Esprit Montrachet La Belle Voisine 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Under screwcap. The nose here required some time to reveal itself and show lemon, honeysuckle plus light spice with a chalky mineral note. The palate has good weight to it, but it is also incredibly tightly coiled. Very impressive structure and line but this really needs time, probably another 8-10 years at least.

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    The nose took some time to open up but it was interesting once it did, there were earthy green olives, raspberry, stalks and eventually with some time there was a burst of fresh red floral aromas. The palate was restrained and lightly bodied with fantastic focus from the acidity. This isn't a powerhouse within its context, but there is good detail and texture - on any other occasion it likely would have made a play for wine of the night. We did find that having food really gave it quite a lift, more so than most other wines during the tasting. It did seem to have potential over the medium term, I'd leave it another 5 years before another look.

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  • 2008 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant 96 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    The fragrance of this wine immediately enthralled me, there was cinnamon, beautiful floral notes of rose and violets, liquorice, five spice and a whiff of incense - it would be difficult to be more appealing to me. The palate is exceptional as well, with wonderful purity and lift that is supported by a set of fine tannin. Balanced, textured and seriously long, this was one of my top highlights of the tasting. Others at the table that I spoke to were not quite as enthusiastic but I am more than happy to go against the trend here.

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Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 2006 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 97 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    A wine that is out of this world. An intoxicating nose, with lifted rose notes, five spice, cherry, raspberry and cocoa. Impeccably balanced palate with simultaneous density, definition and clarity. There is restrained power here with a depth and persistence to it that left me stunned. It is extremely youthful but aside from the evident potential to be a superstar with time, I found it to have exceptional appeal even now.

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  • 2007 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    The nose here is complex with smoke, stems, red cherries, truffle and earth. This theme repeats on the palate, it is savoury and layered, it does have moderate weight to it as well but the balance is excellent. This is a wine that needs time, 10 years might be a good start. This has the same interest and focus of the 2007 DRC RSV, but it has much more depth, length and finesse - while both were good, the comparison had the La Tache in front for this particular vintage.

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  • 2005 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    A swirling nose of cherry, liquorice, graphite, earth and after quite some time perfumed floral aromas came forth. The palate is where this wine really showed its potential, it is muscular and wound extremely tightly, but there was brilliant depth and an effortless power to it. There are powerful fine tannins and they are needed to keep pace with the weight of this wine. Of all the wines we tried, this was the one that was most in need of time, I don't doubt that it will be a legend but it may not be there for another 15+ years.

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Flight 7 (1 Note)

  • 2000 Domaine Francois Lamarche La Grande Rue 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Grande Rue Grand Cru

    Medium intensity nose with black cherry, earth, violets and vanilla. The palate is well integrated and balanced with silky red fruit and very good length. In a perfect spot for drinking right now, this wine was not humbled amongst very serious company.

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Flight 8 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel #2 93 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Youthful and lifted nose of spices, lemon, white floral notes, mandarin and a touch of honey. The palate is superbly balanced with a sense of richness rather than outright sweetness that contributes the punch and then there is a wave of acidity lifting and driving through to the finish. This wine from a 750ml bottle was not yet close to its peak, I think there is easily another 10-15 years in it yet.

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  • 2001 Château Suduiraut 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Light golden colour. On the nose there is a delicious mix of apricot, quince, pineapple, orange rind and peach. The palate had botrytis driven intensity and vibrancy in equal measure. There is the depth that marks this as a wine to be taken seriously, yet it is delicious as well. From 750ml this was showing very nicely already but also has plenty of room to develop over the longer term.

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Flight 9 (1 Note)

Flight 10 (1 Note)

  • 1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Marc de Bourgogne

    France, Burgundy, Marc de Bourgogne

    Aged 17 years in barrel and about 600 bottles produced per vintage. It is very volatile straight after opening and pouring, but patience with it in the glass was rewarded with the volatility falling to the background and allowing more of the underlying elements to appear. There is an old cedar oak base, with caramel, cocoa, orange peel and some ginger. The palate showed complexity and persistence from the start and I found this also improved with some air, rounding out slightly while maintaining most of its intensity. I enjoyed the experience of trying this and quite liked it overall, but I don't have enough context/experience to give it a score.

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