Old Wine Dinner

Caliterra -Chicago IL
Tasted Saturday, June 17, 2006 by Burgundy Al with 641 views

Introduction

A few friends got together to drink some interesting old wines and surrounded them with some exciting younger and middle aged wines as well.

Flight 1 - Champagne to Start (2 Notes)

Flight 2 - Older Corton Charlemagne (2 Notes)

Flight 3 - Older SQN White (Older for SQN!) (2 Notes)

Flight 4 - With Foie Gras (1 Note)

  • 2001 Château Suduiraut 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Moderate botrytis to start, lots of lush fruit. Great balance on palate, lovely now, with the power and substance to keep improving for decades.

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Flight 5 - The Reason We are All Here (3 Notes)

  • 1953 Château Haut-Brion 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Darker color than expected with lots of fresh black fruit complementing a good brambly, fresh mushroom character. Slightly sweet black cherry and currant to start, with fruit at least as prominent as the earthy flavors, which came out in a more pronounced way on the long finish. Impressive. My Wine of the Night.

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  • 1937 Château Latour Grand Vin 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Some sweet fruit aromas and a sense of interesting madeira on the nose. Interesting in context of its age and the flight, rather than as a glass of wine on its own.

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  • 1928 Château Mouton Rothschild 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Mid shoulder fill. Good color. Aromas of leather, braised mushroom, forest floor and black cherry hints. Palate was also earthy with some tea elements and also lingering black cherry. More interesting than delicious, but still very good.

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Flight 6 - 61 Bordeaux (3 Notes)

Flight 7 - Beaucastel's best (2 Notes)

Flight 8 - Grange (3 Notes)

  • 1976 Penfolds Grange 93 Points

    Australia, South Australia

    An exciting Grange flight. Dark color. Black cherry, plum, cassis, dark chocolate, black pepper aromas. Powerful lack fruit on palate with the most faint hints of mature advancement. It's rare to say you'd want an older bottle of wine more evolved, but that's the case here. When will this be ready?!?!

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  • 1986 Penfolds Grange 96 Points

    Australia, South Australia

    An exciting Grange flight. Sensational wine, close to my Wine of the Night. Blackberry, liqueur, dark chocolate, espresso aromas with very good spice mostly on palate. While still firmly structured, this seemed more evolved and/or nuanced than the 1976 in the next glass. long, powerful and exciting.

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  • 1998 Penfolds Grange 92 Points

    Australia, South Australia

    An exciting Grange flight. Decanted ten hours. Huge black fruit, not very forthcoming. Blockbuster flavors, but dense and firmly structured, showing great pedigree just not providing lots of pleasure tonight.

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Flight 9 - d'Yquem (2 Notes)

  • 1929 Château d'Yquem

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Very dark color, good fill. Nutty aromas with some candied orange peel. Sherry-style semi-sweetness, somewhat simple.

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  • 1990 Château d'Yquem 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Great stone fruit aromas with plenty of botrytis, everything seeming honeyed yet fresh and exciting. Lots of concentration and power on palate, with unctuous character and long,slightly spicy finish. Better than another bottle from a few months ago.

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